The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Critical Infrastructure

Abstract

Stephen Flynn directs Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute (GRI) in Boston. GRI has emerged as an influential center of CI research, including its stewardship of a worldwide consortium of research institutions dedicated to CI scholarship and impact. He is a Professor of Political Science with affiliated faculty appointments in the College of Engineering and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Dr. Flynn previously served as President of the Center for National Policy and spent a decade as a senior fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was an active duty commissioned officer in the US Coast Guard for twenty years, including two tours as commanding officer at sea. He is co-author of the textbook Critical Infrastructures Resilience: Policy and Engineering Principles (2018), and author of The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation (Random House, 2007) and the national bestseller America the Vulnerable (HarperCollins 2004). He was interviewed by JCIP Editor Richard Krieg in mid-March 2020.

Keywords

• resilience
• supply chain
• preparedness
• critical infrastructure
• academic journal
• interview