vulnerability

Different nations have competing priorities, based for example on their dependence on fossil fuels, economic position or vulnerability to climate change.

“Europe’s vulnerabilities stem from having a growth model geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing,” she said.

A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies details Taiwan’s energy vulnerabilities owing to its near total reliance on imports.

Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who chairs the central bank’s committee on financial stability, said Thursday that she is monitoring the private-credit boom as a source of potential vulnerability.

Hints of that vulnerability began to materialize this month.