The world is changing ever more rapidly. On the edge of the year 2011 the financial crisis in some European (Ireland, Portugal and Greece) countries or the probability of inflation in the so called BRIC-countries were the main concerns. Just 10 weeks later we’ve witnessed dramatic changes in the Middle East (Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, et cetera) while Japan is facing nuclear uncertainties after being hit by an earthquake.
Various issues are increasingly interdependent. The realization of a specific security level within a country is ever more prone to risks. Insight into the threats and uncertain risks to political, economical and social stability is ever more difficult to obtain. The complexity and the uncertainty about the effects require a new decision-making approach. In this approach uncertainty is no longer ignored but is seen as a useful element.
