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The Cascade Institute is a Canadian research institute based at Royal Roads University in British Columbia. It is led by political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Institute’s research examines the Polycrisis (interacting and mutually amplifying global crises) and proposes solutions.[1]
Research and analysis
[edit]The Cascade Institute has been associated with research and analysis on polycrisis, systemic risk, and geopolitical instability.
The institute conducts research and policy-oriented discussion on how multiple global challenges — including climate change, democratic decline, political polarization, and economic instability — can interact to amplify systemic risk.[1]
The Institute is developing the Polycrisis Core Model, which explores large numbers of possible future outcomes and identifies a small number of relatively stable future scenarios.[2]
Media coverage
[edit]In January 2026, Homer-Dixon conducted interviews with outlets including CBC News and Bloomberg News, expanding upon ideas in an op-ed in The Globe and Mail about the renewed threat of American coercion against Canada .[3][4]
Columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote in The New York Times about the “Polycene,” a term used to describe an era of interlocking global crises, referencing Homer-Dixon’s work on cascading global systems.[5]
In January 2026, The Guardian described the Cascade Institute "a Canadian thinktank that studies global crises" in an article quoting Thomas Homer-Dixon about rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and Canada and the broader risks of systemic instability.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Cantor, Matthew (6 March 2025). "What is this era of calamity we're in? Some say 'polycrisis' captures it". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Mapping the Hope Attractor: In conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon". Accelerator for System Risk Assessment. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "With Trump's Venezuela move and Greenland threats, are Canadians vulnerable?". CBC News. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Trump's Venezuela, Greenland Threats Make Canada Fear It's Next". Bloomberg. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (2025-11-10). "The Era of Polycrisis". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
- ^ Cecco, Leyland (27 January 2026). "The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
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