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Black swans

Adapted from the Black Swan principle identified by Nasim Nicholas Taleb in his book The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable (2007) London: Allen Lane.

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Black swans

The term was borrowed by The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman from environmentalist Adam Sweidan. He is the Chief Investment Officer of Aurum Fund Management Ltd.

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Black swans

Mehmet Kinaci, NATO Strategic Foresight Analysis Team, presentation to ESPAS conference at the European Commission, Brussels, 16 November 2016.

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Black swans

Opening presentation to the International Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Symposium (IRAHSS), Singapore, 17 July 2017.