Assess students' ability to analyze systemic risks in global supply chains by modeling cascading failures, identifying critical nodes and vulnerabilities, and designing evidence-based mitigation strategies. Scope includes network representations, failure-propagation models (e.g., percolation, load redistribution), centrality and fragility metrics, scenario and sensitivity analysis, trade-offs between redundancy and efficiency, and formulation of operational and policy interventions under uncertainty. Expect interpretation of quantitative model outputs and justification of chosen mitigation measures.