Completely agreed. I downloaded the article fully expecting an awesome guide to /Risk/ (the game) strategy. But, once I saw that it was a DEFCON talk, I knew better.

OP: might I recommend adding a DEFCON: tag to the beginning of the title?

agreed.

perhaps the title could include an adjective which specifies the type of risk under consideration.

I felt the same.

I found the following by perusing the first few search results for obvious search terms:

http://www.quora.com/What-is-a-good-strategy-for-Risk-the-bo...

It might be a good start at answering the questions raised here...