Southest Asia Disaster/Global Implications
WorldChanging has a thoughtful essay about the potential long-term geopolitical impacts from the "Tsunamis of '04." This sort of analysis is healthy and will likely multiply exponentially as the true scope of the disaster comes into clearer focus.
The big question of how to anticipate and mitigate future such occurrences (which are, of course, inevitable) defies any practical answer without some sea change (no pun intended) in the way governments, businesses and scientific communities work together.
