Risk, Uncertainty and Everything Else

For those of you doing research into anything that requires a literature review, it pays to check out the types of work your Chinese research counterparts have published on in the Chinese academic literature.  There are two really good full-text databases out there for Chinese academic journals:

• Wanfang Data: According to the Wanfang data website, “as an affiliate of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, Wanfang Data has been the leading information provider in China since 1950s. With a wide range of database resources and value-added services, Wanfang Data has become a gateway to understand Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc.”  I personnally find this particular database to be very user friendly and English-language friendly.  The problem is that I don’t know of any scholarly institution with access…

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The Security Analysis and Risk Management Association (SARMA) just posted some presentations from their most recent conference (the 2nd National Conference on Security Analysis and Risk Management) on their website.  The titles of the available briefings as of 5/31/08 are:

• Charles Davis and Lisa Bendixen on ”Implementation of the NIPP and Sector Specific Plans.”  Ms. Bendixen presented this one, and I was the moderator.  Click for more information on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, or NIPP.
• Robin Dillon, Catherine Tinsley and Matthew Cronin on ”Interpreting Past Events in Disaster Preparedness Decisions.”
• Geoff French on ”Intelligence Analysis for Strategic Risk Assessments.”  Mr. French also wrote a paper on this same subject as part of the GMU School of Law Criticial Infrastructure

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