The International Risk Podcast (Dominic Bowen)

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Brian O’ Donoghue is based in Cork in Ireland and currently works as Head of Risk & Compliance at valid8me.com. Brian has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector, more recently in the Risk, Compliance, Regulatory area and has also been an auditor, accountant, banker, and commercial property lender. He has worked for the Irish Government, as well as companies including PwC, Powertel, Citi, Anglo Irish Bank, BlackBee Investments, and Matchbook.

You can learn more about Brian here: www.linkedin.com/in/brianjodonoghue  

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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The situation in Ukraine is concerning.  Months of diplomacy have failed to resolve the crisis and the risk of geopolitical mistakes and military intervention is increasing.  Tensions over the Ukraine-Russia crisis have been simmering for more than two months, with diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue showing little sign of progress. 

Today we are joined by Lukas Onderchanin.  Dominic was recently in eastern Ukraine and will speak with Lukas who was also recently in Ukraine, about his experiences. Lukas is a foreign news journalist working for Solvak Daily News SME.  He focuses on Central and Eastern Europe.  Lukas recently returned from Ukraine, where he spent time in Kiev and Kharkiv, to hear more from the average Ukrainian as tensions increase along the border with Russia. 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Tensions between China and Taiwan, alongside the consequent risks, are nothing new.  However, as war begins unfolding in Eastern Europe and Washington inevitably diverts its attentions from Southeast Asia, now more than ever it is crucial to understand how relations between Taiwan and China could affect global supply chains, proliferate risk in the region, and affect the cost-benefit calculations of companies operating in the area

To help us detangle the situation, we are joined by Ryan Hass. Ryan  is currently  a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, in addition to a nonresident affiliated fellow at Yale Law School. Ryan has an impressive career in foreign policy, having previously served as Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council, where he advised President Obama and senior White House officials on aspects of US foreign policy in the Taiwan Strait. With rising tensions between China and Taiwan, today’s conversation with Ryan is particularly timely.

If you would like to learn more about Ryan and his work, you can read more about his work with Brookings here or access his most recent book 'Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence' here.

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Our guest this week is Amanda Cohen. Amanda knows that you can’t succeed in life or business without taking risks. That’s why she’s devoted her life to understanding the international risks thataffect businesses every day.  

As the director of governance, risk and compliance products
at Resolver, the worldwide leader in risk and security management
software, she’s reimagining the way over 5000 of the world’s largest
organizations think about their relationship with risk. 

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It is inevitable. Crisis.  Every organization is going to face a significant crisis and many more minor incidents in the near future. This is why having a crisis management plan, that is understood, tested, and rehearsed is crucial.  Supply costs can skyrocket – your supplier in Turkey is raising costs beyond what you can afford because inflation in Turkey is at 38 percent, Your key supplier of cement in Russia refuses to cell to you because of your construction contracts, you suffer a major lawsuit, or a data breach. All of these problems can put your business plan at risk. If the issue or incident is beyond the scope and capacity of business continuity systems, then you have a crisis. 

Today we are joined by Anders Bennstrom, who is one of Sweden’s most well-known crisis management advisors.  Anders is currently a senior consultant with 2Secure, one of Europe’s leading risk and crisis management companies in Europe.  Before joining 2Secure, Anders worked with the Swedish foritifactions agency, and before that as a crisis management and emergency preparedness manager with a large multinational company. 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Our guest this week is Nikhil Nandagopal. Nikhil's experience includes building out a logistics operation for India’s largest e-commerce company, helped a travel company grow to 5 million users, and worked to scale a food service’s daily deliveries from 50 to 50,000 deliveries per day within two years.  

Nikhil wanted to put his software development expertise to use, so he and two co-founders created Appsmith. Today, Appsmith is used by over 1,000 teams, employs people in eight countries, and has raised over $10 million in capital. 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Our guest this week is Katy Giffin. Katy is a data-driven analyst and researcher currently working at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Katy is motivated by the belief that relevant reporting and information sharing is the key to improving humanitarian activities and minimising risks to displaced populations. She has expertise in southern and central Asia with a keen interest in the nexus between human rights and humanitarian needs.

To read more about Katy's work please click here. 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Our guest this week is Tim Alper.  He is a British journalist and regular contributor to Cryptonews.com. He covers crypto and blockain-related news on a daily basis and also writes in-depth features about the latest trends in the crypto and block-chain sectors. He has over a decade and a half of media experience and has written for the BBC, the Guardian, the Times of Israel, and many other media outlets covering tech, business, industry and a range of other fields. He has also collaborated on major media projects with the likes of Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Accenture. He has co-authored five books on tech and other subjects

To read more about Tim's work please click here. 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Our guest this week is Sarah Sinclair.  She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Change Gap., Sarah joins us on the podcast today with over 20 years of diverse experience in the financial services sector with time at HSBC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Nationwide Building Society Aldermore, HBOS) and investment management (ex Schroders and GAM) to insurance (Prudential UK, Legal & General and Beazley).   

With many years of helping individual firms, and observing ‘widening gaps’ between business need, regulation and technology, she felt compelled to convert this experience into a purpose-led business, with a mission set to achieve far greater impact. A natural drive to listen and understand, with a strong sense of empathy, she quietly turns stones to find better, fairer ways, refusing to settle for ‘half-baked’. If you want to learn more about how Change Gap could help your business or you want to know more about our industry collaborations, you can find out more here

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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Our guest this week is Antony Cousins.  Antony is a CEO with broad corporate and government experience across communications, PR, AI, digital transformations, and information technology.  Today Antony is the CEO of Factmata, a company that uses artificial intelligence to reach beyond sentiment analysis in order to pursue opportunities and minimize risk. If you'd like to learn more about Factmata, you can do so here

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Our guest this week is Sergio Caredda, an HR Professional that believes in the human side of HR. Sergio Caredda currently works for OVS SpA as Chief People Officer and has substantial experience in HR across multiple functions, both in business and in consulting. He recently launched a page to collaboratively collect resources that, from an HR perspective, can support the people of Ukraine.

If you’d like to learn more about Sergio Caredda, you can do so here

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In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, we speak to Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher looking at Russia’s involvement in post-Soviet de facto states and related challenges to conflict resolution. She is currently a researcher at the Arena Programme at John Hopkins University and her research interests include Russian foreign policy, post-Soviet conflicts and de facto states, Eurasian security, Ukrainian politics, democratisation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership countries, disinformation strategies and the political use of history.

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In this episode, we talk to JP Richardson, founder and CEO of the crypto wallet company, Exodus. JP discusses some of the main risks and fears associated with cryptocurrency and explains what needs to be done for cryptocurrency to reach mainstream potential. Only then, can the benefits of cryptocurrency like decentralization and independence be reaped by the everyday person.

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In this episode, Laura speaks with Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 

He is currently travelling in Ukraine  and tells us about his experience travelling in a high risk zone and collecting human intelligence, while sharing the stories of Ukrainian civilians who are directly affected by the conflict. 

Read more about Dominic at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-bowen/ 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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In this episode, we talk to Ofer Fridman. Ofer is a senior lecturer in War Studies and Director of Operations at King's College London Centre for Strategic Communication. His main research subject areas are about conflict and security, focusing more closely on the intersection between strategic communications, military thinking and contemporary conflicts, including information confrontations, the role of civilian casualties and military transformations. His most recently published book, "Strategiya: The Foundation of the Russian Art of Strategy" (2021) looks at what Western experts and analysts have gotten wrong about Russian strategy, and unpacks how the West should change its conception of the Kremlin.

To read Strategiya, you can access the book here

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.

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In this episode, we talk to Fabrizio Ulivi. Fabrizio is Managing Partner at Shi Bisset & Associates, a boutique people strategy firm based in Shanghai China since 1982. Having spent the past decade working with organisations identifying, creating, and deploying impactful people-focused strategies and initiatives, Fabrizio’s mission is to help leaders creating workplaces where people love to be, and do their best work – without losing sight of the organisational and business needs and goals.   You can connect with Fabrizio at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizioulivi 

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world.

In his episode Dominic Bowen speaks to Abby Stoddard, a humanitarian policy analyst and a founding partner of Humanitarian Outcomes, where she conducts research and provides analysis and advice to governments and international aid agencies.

Abby discusses her research on operational security for aid workers, as well as the idea of "necessary risk" in the context of humanitarian help.

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Ruslan Bortnik is the head of the Ukrainian Institute of politics. 

He is a former executive head of the humanitarian mission Black Tulip and Vice Chairman of the public council of the MOFA for Ukraine.

He works as the head of committee of public council and executive head of public council for MOD in Ukraine.

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Dominic Bowen speaks to Thomas Lahnthaler.  Thomas started his career volunteering in South Africa for a local NGO, and has since worked in different roles for the UN, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, governmental organizations and the private sector. During the past 15 years, he has led crisis teams in complex contexts and volatile environments in 20+ countries on all continents including Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and DRC working with governments, international organisations, and businesses in both crisis response and recovery. For the past few years he has veeb running his own business focusing on innovative crisis management, crisis leadership and communications psychology specialising in the development of high performance teams and leadership in crisis. Thomas is Co-creator and CEO of The Crisis Compass which brings together crisis management, HR, communication, as well client and stakeholder management experts from various industries in readily assisting companies navigate through a crisis by using it as a means of reinvention.

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Our guest this week is Hamish McRae an economic commentator for the Independent who writes weekly columns on economics and finance.  He has been financial editor of Guardian and the Independent and has won numerous awards, including Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.

His most recent book, The World in 2050, How to Think about the Future, was described by the Economist as thoughtful and sensible. Dominic discusses with Hamish the changes that will affect our global society in the short, and long term.

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The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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This episode's guest is Kingsley Aikins, discussing with Dominic Bowen the importance of newtorking and its role in professional development, but also its importance as a tool for risk management.

Kingsley Aikins is the CEO of The Networking Institute, and has lived in six countries and worked in the areas of Trade Promotion, Philanthropy, and Diaspora Engagement. He is a regular public speaker, and mentor to many people about developing valuable networking skills.

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Our guest this week is Liam Bell. Liam works as an advisor for climate change tech startups and is the Chief Technology Officer at Hypervine, a company that helps construction companies build better, faster and greener. Liam is also the founding member of Climate TRACE. Climate TRACE is a coalition of organisations harnessing innovative technologies to track greenhouse gas emissions.

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Our guest this week is Nathan Piper – Head of Oil & Gas Research, Investec

Nathan has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry across a range of commercial, financial and technical roles and previously number one ranked oil equity analyst (Extel survey). Currently Head of Oil and Gas Research at Investec focused on UK-listed oil and gas companies and sought after sector commentator across a variety of platforms. Earlier this year invited to provide evidence at UK Parliament Treasury Select Committee on impact of Russian energy sanctions on the Oil and Gas markets and UK cost of living.

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Listen to our new episode with Isuru Koswatte, a lecturer in Business and Management specialising in global value chains, business sustainability and organisation resilience with active international collaborative research. He is also involved in several international research collaborations working as an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at NSBM Green University.

Find more about Dr Koswatte here, and read his latest chapter in collaboration with Nilusha Gallage on  Entrepreneurial Resilience here.

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 Our guest this week is Don MacPherson, host of the 12 Geniuses Podcast! Don has spent 25 years researching employee and customer experiences as well as the attributes of great leadership and how healthy organization cultures are created and sustained. Today, Don travels the world interviewing geniuses on the trends shaping the way they live and work.

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Our guest this week is Alissa de Carbonnel. Alissa has over a decade of  experience reporting for Reuters and other media agencies and this has included reporting from high-risk areas in Ukraine, Georgie and the Northern Caucasus. Her last post with Reuters was as the European Security correspondent where she focussed on political violence, disinformation and counter-terrorism policy and she also included energy relations with Iran and Russia in her work. Prior to that, Alissa was a Moscow based political correspondent and she's now the deputy programme director for Europe and Central Asia for the International Crisis Podcast.  

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Dominic speaks to Felipe Tirado, a Visiting Lecturer in Jurisprudence at King’s College and author of Democratizando - an overview of the pandemic and democracy in Brazil.
In this episode, they discuss politics and environmental risks in Brazil, as well as his inovative work at The Brilliant Club, an scholar programs tutoring initiative for underprivileged students.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks to Roz Etwaria, a social justice practitioner, and equity, diversity, and inclusion consultant. They discuss the war on women,  representation in politics, as well as the need for promoting wage equality along with a more diverse and inclusive workforce/workplace.

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In this episode, Giovanni Capoccia share his thoughts with Dominic about the recent elections and the victory of the Meloni coalition in Italy. They discuss the rise of euroscepticism, political disenfranchisement and politics of immigration.

Giovanni Capoccia is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Oxford as well as a researcher, and focuses on topics like democratization, political extremism, theories of institutional development, and European politics.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks to Lorenzo Cordogno, founder of Lorenzo Codogno Macro Advisors and visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science on the risks associated with financial markets, economy and geopolitic in Italy post-election.

Lorenzo is the author of several articles on academic journals, newspapers and books, speaker at conferences, established commentator on economic and market issues. Before joining the Italian Treasury, he was regular commentator on international and Italian broadcasting services including CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, BBC World.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks with Nader Hashemi,  the director of the Center for Middle East Studies, about the international significance of the current unrest in Iran following the Following the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested by local police on charges of not correctly wearing the hijab.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks to Danish Ali Bhutto, speech writer for the Pakistani parliament, writing in an effort to make all voices heard, on the risks associated with the natural disasters happening as a result of the Pakistan floods. 

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This week, Dominic Bowen speaks with Rachel Reese about Trans & Non Binary Inclusivity in the work space. Rachel gives insightful advices to companies on how to create a safer, more inclusive space for gender non conforming and trangender people from recruitment to career progression stages. She reminds companies of the importance of catering for generation Z's ideals and professional expectations, particulary around non-binary and trans inclusivity.

Rachel Reese is the CEO of Global Butterflyies, a trans and non-binary inclusion training company that comprises of trans only staff. She is an experienced facilitator and consultant who specialises in helping companies create a trans and non-binary inclusive workplace.

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Dominic speaks to Catherine McBride, senior economist, government trade  agriculture commission member and regular public speaker and commentator.  Together, they discuss the current energy crisis and fracking, as well as global trade financial service regulation.

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Dominic speaks to Charles McAllister the director of Policy, Government and Public Affairs at United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas. Together, they discuss the current energy crisis and fracking, as well as global trade financial service regulation.

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Dominic speaks to Junaed Khan, co-chair of the civil service race forum within the UK department of business energy and industrial strategy and senior government advisor within the UK Civil Service. Together, they speak about political representation in the UK.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks with Syed Wajid, a humanitarian with more than 30 years experience with emergy response and release activities to support people affected by natural and man-made disasters in Pakistan.

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This week, Dominic speaks with Chris Desai  about the risk associated with fast fashion, and the negative impact the use of polyester in clothing has on the environment. Chris Desai talks about how slow Fashion encourages people to buy better-quality garments that will last longer, while valuing fair treatment of people involved in the process.

Chris Desai is world renown philanthropist who has made considerable contributions to the benefit and protection of our planet with his own organic luxury fashion brand Vayyu® his registered charity The Vayyu Foundation® and the global ocean plastics project known as UOcean 2050®.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks with Nick Outlaw about effective leadership in Risk Management. Nick Outlaw is a leadership and organizational development specialist, with over 20 years of experience supporting multinational companies governments and humanitarian organisations on the frontline of major crises. He has been working with clients around the world and had the opportunity to explore the nature of leadership with people across different cultures sectors and situations.

Find his profile on LinkedIn and explore more of his work on his website.

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In this episode, Dominic speaks with Caroline Pakel about leading effective dialogue in regards to the climate emergency and environment by influencing people in positions of power. Caroline is a facilitator of understanding and change who co-founded XR Catalysers, an extinction rebellion sub-group focused on leading conversation with people in power through ‘fire circles.’ Caroline has used her interests in social psychology and dialogue to influence change around climate and the environment.

Find her profile on Linkedin and explore more of her work on her website.

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Gustavo Ribeiro about the political situation in Brazil. They explore what, and who, fuelled and facilitated the January 8th insurrection, as well as political and social risks in Brazil, including corruption and misinformation.

Gustavo Ribeiro is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report, an independent media outlet in Brazil. He is an award-winning journalist, with extensive experience covering Brazilian politics and international affairs.

Find his profile on LinkedIn and explore more of his work on his website.

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Michael Schuman about US-China relations, rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the Chinese economy. They explore the competition and rising tensions between the US and China, Xi Jinping's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, as well as China's stagnating economy.

Michael Schuman is a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and an author and journalist with more than 25 years of experience in Asia.

Explore more of his work on the Atlantic Council's website.

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This week, Dominic discusses insecurities in the Latin American political landscape  with Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Together, they unpack the risks involved with investing in the region and explore solutions to mitigate these risks.

Find Ryan Berg's profile on LinkedIn and the CSIS website. 

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This week, Dominic discusses the rise of spillovers of zoonotic diseases and the threat of future pandemics motivated by human interactions with animals with David Quammen. David is a well known science writer and traveller, author of thirteen books notably 'Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic' and his most recent book 'Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.'

Find out more about David Quammen on his website.

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Serap Dalmizrak about the devastation in Turkey following the multiple earthquakes that have taken place in recent days, with the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6th causing the majority of the damage. They explore the situation on the ground, tales of survival, the second-order risks, how well prepared Turkey was for the earthquake, as well as how entities can better prepare for mega-disasters.

Serap Dalmizrak is an experienced risk professional, with a Masters degree from Vrije University in Amsterdam.

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Pashtana Durrani about the Afghan situation and women's education and how has the crisis effected Afghan girls across the country. Moreover, Dominic discuss with Pashtana on her thoughts and experience as an Afghan woman and how she has proceeded with her initiatives to spread education through her educational network.

Pashtana Durrani is is an Afghan feminist, activist, and educator. At the age of 21, she became the head of her family following her father’s passing. By then she had already founded LEARN Afghanistan, the country’s first-ever digital school network.  

With contributory efforts from Nadia A.

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This week, Dominic discusses the ongoing health crisis in Yemen with Founder and  President of the Yemen Relief  and Reconstruction Foundation Aisha Jumaan. Together, they unpack the future risks both Yemen and the rest of the world may face due to the breakdown of the health care system and insufficient aid Yemen has received from international bodies, including how women and children have been unproportionately effected as a result.

Find Aisha Jumaan's profile on LinkedIn and The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation website here. 

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This week, Dominic discusses the declining liberal international order with Dr Neil Melvin, Director of International Security Studies at  insecurities in the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).  Together, they explore the associated risks of the declining order, from states challenging international norms, to the risks for businesses and organisations.

Find Dr Neil Melvin's profile on LinkedIn and the RUSI website.

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This week, Dominic talks with Jacqueline Brassey, Michiel Kruyt and Erik Salvador on Deliberate Calm. Authors Jacqueline Brassey, Michiel Kruyt and Aaron De Smet produced Deliberate Calm to be a guide which combines psychology, neuroscience and consciousness practices with the combined experience being in an international board room and working alongside leaders around the globe to help people thrive in periods of crisis and uncertainty, combatting the adaptability paradox. Erik Salvador has assisted on the construction of Deliberate Calm through his experience as the former head of the Institute of Military Psychiatry and Combat Stress in the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services and was the Chief Psychiatrist in the Norwegian Armed Forces, a Senior Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as to the UN, NATO and Nordic defense cooperation boards on Military Psychiatry and Combat Stress. As such he has extensive firsthand experience in combatting stress and crisis management.

Find out more about Erik, Michiel and Jaqueline, as well as discover the Deliberate Calm book here.

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This week, Dominic talks with with Aela Callan about the training techniques for journalists who work in high risk areas and war zones . Together, they address training gaps for journalists, incuding freelancers and their support staff working in the field, and discuss innovative training approaches that place wellbeing at the centre of risk management. Aela Callan is co-Founder of Head Set: a company that uses immersive technologies to help people prepare physically and emotionally for working in hostile environments. Aela spent two decades as a journalist and documentary filmmaker working in south east Asia and Australia on issues around conflict, gender, environment and politics.

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This week, Dominic discusses the stigmatisation that face human trafficking survivors when they escape the grips of their traffickers with Norma Bastidas. Norma is a survivor of sexual violence and human trafficking, who in 2014 broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Triathlon after cycling, swimming and running 3,762 miles. Such an athletic feat, Norma views to be a metaphor for the incredible amounts of trials everyday human trafficking survivors face. Norma uses her platform to be an advocate for human trafficking victims and survivors in effort to make a space where human trafficking survivors are supported.

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Oksana Antonenko, independent expert and geopolitical risk analyst. Oksana Antonenko was a Director for Global Risk Analysis at Control Risks Group where she focused on analysing political, regularity and security risks for senior decision-makers in private and public sectors. Her work focused on Europe, including Russia, Turkey and Central Asia, as well as Africa and the Middle East. 

Based in London, Oksana was responsible for building strategic engagements with large corporate and investment clients as they evaluate and manage political risk and opportunity. She developed retainer-based client relationships at a senior level across Europe and Africa, drawing on many years of experience advising senior decision-makers – in public and private sectors – around the world.

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This week, Dominic talks with Mohammed Al Samawi. Mohammed is an interfaith activist, a refugee from Yemen, and the author of the best-selling autobiography The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming To America. In the episode Mohammed and Dominic explore the meaning of being interfaith in a world that has increasing amounts of religious polarisation, as well as discussing Mohmammed's first-hand experience of the conflict in Yemen.

Find out more about Mohammed and his organisation Abrahamic house here.

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This week, Dominic talks with Roger Burrows. Roger Burrows is Professor in Global Inequalities in the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, UK and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His most recent research has been on the social impacts of the global superrich and, more recently, the role of digital risk profiling technologies in housing markets. His writings on NRx include Smith, H. and Burrows, R. (2021) ’Software, Sovereignty and the Post-neoliberal Politics of Exit', Theory, Culture & Society, 38, 6:143-166, which is Open Access. 

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This week, Dominic talks with Diana Kelley.  Diana is the Co-Founder and CTO of SecurityCurve, as well as Chief Strategy Officer/Chief Security Officer (CSO2) and co-founder of Cybrize. Throughout Diana's career, she has held positions in the Cybersecurity Field for Microsoft, IBM Security, Symantec, Burton Group (now Gartner), KPMG, and altCybersecurity. Her most recent book with Ed Moyle is Practical Cybersecurity Architecture: A Guide to Creating and Implementing Robust Designs for Cybersecurity Architects (2022). 

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In this episode, Dominic meets Sabrina Segal, an international  development and humanitarian assistance professional. She focuses on supporting integrity, risk and compliance systems in third sector organisations. Together,  they discuss common risks found in the third sector,  compliance systems and the creation of a data trust.

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In Today's episode we are joined with Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at FDD, where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. With his knowledge and expertise in native Farsi and Iranian affairs, he managed to to work closely on : nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics.

You can visit Behnam's profile on FDD's website to check out more information related to his career.

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In today's episode we are joined with Dr Chris Ogden, senior lecturer at the International Relations department at the University of St Andrews. With his knowledge and expertise in Indian politics, he will lead todays conversation on the future for Indian democracy in response to Modi's government, persecution of Muslims and relations with China and Russia.

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Waterfall - RomanSenkyMusic
Coniferous Forest - Orengeyyy

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In this episode, Dominic meets Mark Dummett, Head of Business and Human Rights, as well as human rights researcher at Amnesty International. He will lead today's episode on the current extraction of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the effects the industry is having on the workers. This will include discussions on the cost of electric vehicles in relation to cobalt, and the relationship between China and the West in determining the standards of work in the DRC.

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In Today's episode we are joined with Humaira Rahbin, she was a student in a conflict zone and has studied in Afghanistan Political Science and she did her MA in International Relations.  Rahbin has worked with several NGOs on gender-related issues and was a Gender and Development adviser for the Dutch Embassy.
Humaira is currently working as a researcher at the Center for Information Resilience (CIR) on their Afghan Witness project, which is focused on human rights reporting from Afghanistan.

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In today's episode we are joined by Peter Hammarstedt, who is the Director of Campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global. He also sits on the Board of Sea Shepherd Global and is Chairman of Sea Shepherd Australia. He is captain of the ocean-going vessel Alan Kay, having spent more than 20 years at-sea including ten years in Antarctica.

In 2014 and 15, the Ship Bob Barker, with Peter as Captain, set the world record for the longest pursuit of a poaching vessel at sea after chasing the Interpol wanted fishing vessel "Thunder" for 110 days— covering three oceans and 11,000 nautical miles—before its captain intentionally sank his own vessel in a bid to destroy evidence. 

See the film here.

Read more about Sea Shepherd here.

Produced by Hannah Smith.

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In today's episode we are joined by Dr. Ellen Wald , who is the President of Transversal Consulting and author of Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power. She is also sits a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. 
Ellen frequently provides analysis for Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Barron's, and history and policy journals. 

In this episode, Ellen will discuss the international risks associated with OPEC nations and renewable energy. Dr. Wald dives in-depth on her work in Saudi Arabia and her research on the nation's history and influence in the exporting of energy sources.

Read more about Ellen's book Saudi, Inc. here and her weekly column on geopolitics and the energy market here.

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In today's episode we are joined by Khaled Quzmar. Quzmar is General Director of Defence for Children International - Palestine. Quzmar joined DCIP in 1995 as a lawyer representing Palestinian children in Israeli military courts. He rose through the ranks to become administrative and legal affairs director. He holds a master's degree in international human rights law. He specializes in issues of juvenile justice and grave violations against children during armed conflict. He earned a Master of Laws degree in international human rights law from the Irish Center for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway.

See link here for a speech and testimony Quzmar gave to the United Nations.

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In today's episode we are joined by Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau to discuss AI and Job Displacement.  Jesuthasan and Boudreau are authors, researchers and specialists on the future of work, and have also recently released their fourth book together, Work Without Jobs, following the development of technology and AI. 

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In today's episode, we are joined by Hawon Jung. Jung is a journalist and author of ‘Flowers of Fire: The inside story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement’ which was released in March 2023. Together we will explore the current global trend of the rising anti-feminist movement by reviewing what is happening inside South Korea and the risks that women and young girls currently face in South Korean society.

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In today's episode, we are joined by Barak Ravid. Ravid is the Middle East correspondent for Axios and the diplomatic correspondent for Walla! News in Israel. He is based in Tel Aviv. Over the course of his career, Ravid has published hundreds of exclusive stories on the Middle East peace process, Israel’s relations with the Arab world, the Iran nuclear crisis and the US-Israeli relationship. Today, Ravid will be discussing these relationships as well as his book, Trump's Peace, which was first published in December 2021, and the English version in May 2023.

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In today's episode, we are joined by Aruturo Sotomayor. Arturo is a scholar and analyst on international security, with a focus on Latin America and comparative foreign policy. Arturo has written three books and many more publications. 

Arturo has been an Associate Professor and the Director of the Security Policy Studies Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, which he held from 2018-2023, and is now at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. 

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In today's episode, we are joined by Nerida Williams. Nerida has over thirteen years of experience as a media and communications specialist in the humanitarian and development sectors, including with the United Nations and several INGOs.

Currently, Nerida works as the International Planned Parenthood Federation's Senior Humanitarian Communications Advisor. IPPF is the world’s largest sexual and reproductive healthcare provider and advocate.

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In today's episode, we are joined by Daphne Tolis. Daphne is a producer and journalist, working in broadcast, who also works on documentary filmmaking and photography based in Athens. 
She has reported from Greece and other countries, such as Bangladesh and Lebanon, working on her own documentary projects, as well as for European and American TV networks such as: the BBC, VICE News, ABC, PBS, SRF, NPR, Channel 4, Deutsche Welle, ZDF, VPRO. This work involves setting up shoots, researching, using my contacts to gain access to key voices in Greece and around the Mediterranean, and field producing the shoots themselves. I also work as a field producer, researcher, journalist and translator assisting leading storytellers from around the world with feature stories and filming in Greece. Whilst conducting this work, Tolis has visited many refugee camps and settlements across Greece, including to camps in Greece, Turkey, North Macedonia, Serbia, Italy, Lebanon, Calais in France and Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.

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In today's episode, we are joined by two impressive guests - Owais Arshad and Oleh Savytskyi. 

Owais Arshad is a geostrategist who advises on geopolitical developments, sanctions regimes, export controls, and international finance. His clients have spanned both public and private sector entities such as central banks, financial regulators, commodity traders, hedge funds, and private equity firms. He has spoken at leading industry fora on emerging risks such as DeFi protocols and writes on international security matters. His writings have appeared in journals such as Nikkei Asia and Al Jazeera and he is often requested to comment on topical issues such as sovereign risk, and international relations. 

Oleh Savytskyi is a world-class climate and energy policy expert. Oleh has 10 years of experience in the field – from youth climate activism to consulting the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine.  Oleh participated in the UNFCCC conferences COP21 in Paris in 2015 and in Glasgow in 2021. Oleh is a fellow of the Michael Succow Nature Conservation Fund and alumni of Agora Energiewende EnerTracks training program for energy transition professionals. Since 2022 Oleh has mobilized to fight the Russian fossil fuel industry as Campaigns Manager at NGO Razom We Stand.

Further reading:

Global Witness identified that 1 in 20 flights in the UK is using Russian jet fuel:

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/billboards-across-london-reveal-estimated-1-20-uk-flights-running-russian-oil/

Russian oil profits rise in July as G7 fails to tighten sanctions and revise the price cap: 

https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/russian-oil-smashes-through-the-g7-price-cap-as-crude-exports-in-july-hit-the-highest-level-of-2023/articleshow/102653684.cms

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In today's episode, we are joined by Simon Evenett. Simon is a professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Simon works for the Swiss Institute of Economics and Applied Economic Research and he is also the founder of the Global Trade Alert, an initiative that provides real-time information on state measures taken during global economic crises. 

Recently, he published an article with Johannes Fritz titled: The Scramble for Critical Raw Materials: Time to Take Stock? This research explores trade tensions and geopolitics surrounding critical raw materials.

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In Today’s episode we are joined with Dr. Imad Salamey , Imad Salamey is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University. His current interests focus on Middle East and North African topics of political economy, communitarian politics, conflict resolution, power sharing, and governance.He is a consultant in program monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

His books The Decline of Nation-States after the Arab Spring: the Rise of Communitocracy (Routledge, 2017), Post-Conflict Power-Sharing Agreements: Options for Syria (Palgrave, 2018), The Government and Politics of Lebanon, 2nd Ed. (Peter Lang, 2021), and The Communitarian Nation-State Paradox in Lebanon (Nova Science Publishers, 2021) survey the root causes of rising ethnic and sectarian polarization and post-conflict peace building in the MENA countries. 

For website use: Imad Salamey | LinkedIn or Imad Salamey | The LAU School of Arts & Sciences

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In today's episode, we are joined by two exciting guests to discuss the growing risk posed by the Wagner group's expansion into Africa. We are joined by Nick Loxton, Head of Intelligence Delivery at Geollect as well as Michael Nwankpa,  Founding Director and Director of Research at the Centre for African Conflict and Development. 

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In today's episode, we are thrilled to be joined by Torbjørn "Thor" Pedersen, from Once Upon A Saga! Thor is a Danish traveler and adventurer who has recently dominated headlines for becoming the first person to travel to every country in the world... without an airplane!

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In today's episode, we are thrilled to be joined by  Hamsini Hariharan, who currently works as a China expert at Logically AI. Hamsini has an interesting and varied background, having worked as a researcher and journalist as well as consultant to the Ministry of External Affairs at the Government of India between 2021 and 2022. We are really grateful that she is joining us on the podcast today to discuss the issues surrounding the release of water waste in Fukushima and China’s reaction to the decision.

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Today, we are excited to be joined by Brieuc Lehmann, a lecturer at University College London. Before taking up his current post at UCL, Brieuc was a postdoctoral research associate in statistical machine learning at the Big Data Institute at the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. Brieuc's Primary research area is health data science and, more specifically, he has an interest in learning about statistical methods of health equality. He has previously spoken about AI in healthcare and his concerns regarding the potential risks of AI to exacerbate inequalities in healthcare.

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Today we are excited to be joined by Professor James Teo. Professor Teo is a Professor of Neurology at Kings College Hospital, and Clinical Director of Data Science and AI at Kings College Hospital and Guys & St Thomas Hospital. He has extensive experience in data science research, including machine vision and clinical natural language processing, as well as clinical trial governance. On top of all that, he continues to be a practicing clinical neurologist treating patients with stroke and neurorehabilitation.

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Today we are thrilled to be joined by Professor Bruce Jones, a senior fellow with the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. His research expertise and policy experience are in international security, with his current research focusing on US strategy, international order, and great power relations. Professor Jones will help us explore what this expansion means for the future of international collaboration, governance, and the delicate balance of global power.  We are very excited to have Professor Jones on the International Risk Podcast today. 

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Today, our podcasted is hosted by Ben Lawson, Intern at the International Risk Podcast, as we talk to Dominic Bowen. Every week we hear about the work Dominic does in the world of international risk, and in every episode Dominic shares some of his knowledge about international risk, to contextualise the questions he asks his guests; and today, we thought it would be interesting to put Dominic in the guest’s chair. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine at the time of recording, been taking place for 648 days. In this time, Dominic has spent a significant amount of time working across Ukraine including the frontline, and today we speak with Dominic whilst he is in Ukraine; so today, we hope to learn from his experiences on the ground. 

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Today we are joined by Zion Lights, a passionate science advocate and writer who wants to change the world for the better. She is the author of the book The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting, the nature poetry book Only a Moment, and was a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. She was the UK director of the pro-nuclear lobby group Environmental Progress, and currently the Founder Emergency Reactor, and a well-known public speaker. We are very grateful to have Zion on The International Risk Podcast today. .

For more information on Zion, please take a look at the links below 
https://zionlights.substack.com/
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In today's episode of The International Risk Podcast, we turn our attention to the intricate and dynamic process of EU enlargement in the Balkans. The region, known for its complex political and ethnic landscape, is at a pivotal moment in its integration into the European Union. We will explore the influence of the EU's policies on the Balkans, the socio-economic and political hurdles faced by countries in the region, and the broader geopolitical consequences of their potential accession to the EU. This discussion is timely and critical, as the stability and future of the Balkans are not just regional but also global concerns that touch on issues of democracy, security, and international cooperation. 

We are privileged to welcome Dr. Alexander Mesarovich a scholar with an extensive background in the politics of EU enlargement. Dr. Mesarovich's research into the influence of informal political networks on accession processes provides us with a unique lens through which to examine the ongoing transformations in the Balkans. With his postdoctoral work at the European University Institute focusing on the diffusion of illiberalism and populism, Dr. Mesarovich offers invaluable insights into the current challenges and future prospects of EU enlargement policy. 

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We are thrilled to be joined today by Valentin’s Lira. Valentina is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Chile, with a postgraduate degree in Environmental Economics from the University of California Berkeley. 
She worked as a Development Engineer at CMPC Holding and as Director of the Development and Conservation Program of Fundación Chile, achieving the first sale of carbon credits from forestry projects in Chile. 
Since 2011, Valentina Lira the Sustainability Division at Viña Concha y Toro, in charge of the development and implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Strategy. During this time, the company has integrated the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and has become the first Latin American company to make its commitment to reduce emissions based on climate science and became the largest winery being B Corp Certified. 
Since 2020, she has been an active member of the SBT Net-Zero Expert Advisory Group, contributing to the generation of a global standard for Net Zero Emission scenario. 
 

Valentina has recently returned from COP28 in Dubai. This year had an enormous emphasis on business and how companies can become more environmentally conscious. Environmental, social and corporate governance, also known as ESG is becoming a commercial necessity in addition to providing significant benefits to companies. In light of the intensifying global race to attain net-zero emissions, companies seeking to enter into new alliances and partnerships need to be able to articulate their ESG strategy and, more importantly, explain how they intend to carry it out. This makes getting support from a variety of stakeholders and creating a coherent, fair, and transparent approach to ESG at COP28 even more crucial.  We are very excited to hear from Valentina about her experiences at the COP conference, as well as the opportunities and risks presented to businesses in the broader world of ESG  

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Today we are thrilled to be joined by Thammy Evans, a non-resident Senior Fellowat the GeoTech Center of the Atlantic Council and a member of its Global China Hub. She is also a Senior Research Associate of the Climate Change (In)Security Project – a collaboration between Rueben College of Oxford University and the British Army’s Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR).

Thammy has spent much of her career working in the dual areas of security sector reform and ecological security, and her diverse career spans systems sustainability, security sector reform, gender and security, public information and political advising. From meagre means raised in self-sufficient farming, she has weaved one strand of her career in and out of individual and household sustainability, community and corporate sustainability and now national and international ecological security. Spanning private, public sector, local and international NGOs, her work has taken her abroad extensively, working for and with the UN, NATO, the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Reform and Justice (DCAF), Rocky Mountain Institute (resource efficiency consulting), Global Action Plan UK, and at the forerunner of Flamingo in international market research. She has been closely involved throughout her career with strategy and doctrine development internationally as well as turning policy and strategy into concrete plans and action. As a Colonel in the UK Army Reserves, she is spending the academic year 2023/24 as a full time Member of the Global Strategy Programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies

Thammy has published with Carnegie Europe, Chatham House, British Army Review, Modern Asian Studies, and Small Wars Journal on topics of ecological and regenerative security, security sector reform, human security, China, gendered analysis, and on travel. She is a speaker and facilitator for a variety of organisations and conferences. This is her first podcast appearance.

1. Watch how final negotiations balance energy opportunity with climate insecurity risks, 12 December 2023, Atlantic Council Cop28 Live blog
2. Ecological Security: The New Military Operational Priority for Humanitarian and Disaster Response co-authored with Gary Lewis, former regional director at UNEP, published 1 December in the book Climate Change, Conflict & (In)Security: Hot War
3. Climate Impact Scenarios (2023, Westminster Energy Forum)
4. Building Global Climate Security (2021, Chatham House) co-authored with Dr Patrick Shroeder, includes my original working definition of regenerative security
5. Economic Regeneration as a Vehicle for System Resilience (2021, Carnegie Europe) co-authored with John Elkington (the ‘godfather of sustainability)

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Today, we are thrilled to be joined by Nathan Paul Southern, an investigative journalist, a PhD Candidate at the University of St. Andrews, and a senior investigator at KSI, an independent investigative and research consultancy. As a non-traditional security specialist, he focuses on the links between organised crime, governance and armed groups. His work explores Chinese organised crime and the BRI, human trafficking, the global war on drugs, environmental crime, and the transnational trade in small arms. His geographical interest stretches through Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Europe, and the dynamic between organised crime and militancy in the Sahel.  

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Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. While they were initially scheduled to be held by 30 April 2026, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, called a snap election in November 2023, after previously announcing that snap elections could be either held in 2023 or 2024. In addition to the parliamentary elections, the Vojvodina provincial and local elections were held in 65 cities and municipalities, including the capital, Belgrade. Data released by the election commission on Wednesday showed President Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive party (SNS) won 46.75% of the vote, while a pro-European opposition coalition, Serbia Against Violence, got 23.66%.   

The 2023 Serbian elections were highly contentious and sparked major controversy due to a number of reasons that created doubts about the electoral process's fairness and openness. President Aleksandar Vui's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won a resounding win, maintaining its political control. However, the elections were criticised by opposition parties and international observers for charges of media censorship, limited freedom of expression, and unequal access to the media, all of which favoured the incumbent party. There were allegations that state resources were being exploited to assist the SNS campaign, jeopardising the electoral environment's impartiality. Furthermore, the opposition parties expressed worries about voter intimidation and irregularities, calling the election results into question. In order to help unpack these controversies and what these elections mean for both Serbia and the Balkans region as a whole, we are joined once again by Dr Alexander Mesarovich.

Alexander Mesarovich earned his PhD (Politics) at the University of Edinburgh. His thesis analysed the impact of informal political networks on the EU accession processes of Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. Since finishing his PhD, Alexander has been a teaching assistant at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Stirling and has worked as a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Strathclyde. Alexander was previously on the IRP discussing the international risks associated with EU enlargement in the Balkans.  You can listen to that conversation at episode 141. 

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As we have seen in the recent COP28 conference, and our episode with Valentina Lira, the nature of business for both leaders and stakeholders is vastly different to what it used to be at the start of the millennium. The rising importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance issues  for businesses brings opportunities and risks and we are thrilled to be joined by Chris Coulter, CEO of GlobeScan.  

Chris works with businesses leaders, NGOs and governmental organisations to help them better understand and respond to shifting stakeholder expectations, build trust with key constituencies and exert greater influence in shaping a more sustainable and equitable future.  

Chris has two decades of experience providing evidence-based counsel to leadership organisations in the areas of reputation, purpose and sustainability.  

Chris is co-author of two books, All In: The Future of Business Leadership (2018) and The Sustainable Business Handbook (2022), and has a podcast, All In: The Sustainable Business Podcast.  

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A few weeks ago, we spoke to Nathan Paul Southern, who gave us a deep dive into the links transnational criminal organisations have to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Transnational crime is a topic so vast, it would be an injustice to only cover one aspect of it, given  its impact on international risk. Today, we are going to discuss a hugely pertinent issue, human trafficking and people smuggling. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, ‘Human trafficking is a global crime that trades in people and exploits them for profit. People of all genders, ages and backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world. Traffickers use violence, fraudulent employment agencies, and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick, coerce and deceive their victims’ Victims of trafficking can be any age, any gender and from anywhere in the world. According to UNODC’s 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons which is compiled using official figures from over 141 countries, female victims continue to be the primary targets. The Report shows that in 2020 42 percent of detected victims were women and 18 percent girls. For male victims, the Report shows that 23 per cent of detected victims were men and 17 per cent were boys. The Report shows that the share of children among detected trafficking victims has tripled while the share of boys has increased five times over the past 15 years. Globally, one in every three victims detected is a child. Girls are mainly trafficked for sexual exploitation, while boys are used for forced labour. The share of detected male victims has risen from around 10 per cent in 2003 to 40 per cent in 2020. 

To help us unpack this vast global issue, we are excited to be joined by Roy McComb. Roy is an experienced former law enforcement officer having held executive leadership roles as the Head of Organised Crime in Northern Ireland and a Deputy Director in the (UK) National Crime Agency, where he was the UK law enforcement lead for Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking, as well as Child Sexual Abuse. 

He now provides strategic advice on organized crime on a number of international projects, and is currently based in Mogadishu Somalia. 

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In recent podcasts, we have talked a lot about ESG, and the corporate responsibilities companies must take into account in their day-to-day working. The ways in which consumers view companies has changed dramatically over the last two decades, and corporate reputation is more important than ever, and reputations and brands are scrutinized than ever before. To help us unpack the importance of corporate reputation, as well as the risks companies can incur by not upholding a positive reputation, we are honoured to be joined by Rupert Younger.

Rupert Younger is the founder and director of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation and co-author of two books - The Reputation Game and The Activist Manifesto. He has published widely on matters related to legitimacy, status, stigma, celebrity, reputation, and trust. He chaired The University of Oxford’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee (2012-2017) and is a member of the Senior Common Rooms at Wooster College Oxford and St Antony’s College Oxford. His views are regularly featured in major news outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Outside of Oxford, he is an Ambassador for the international mine clearance charity The HALO Trust and was appointed by HM Queen Elizabeth II as her High Sheriff of Hampshire for 2013-14. Rupert also co-founded the strategic communications consulting firm FGS Global.

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Over the last few weeks we have talked about some of the facets of transnational organised crime, and today's episode will continue to explore these international risks. According to the UK Government, the illicit drugs market is big business, worth an estimated £9.4 billion a year in the UK alone.  Globally, over 236.1 million ransomware attacks occurred globally in the first half of 2022.  

The international drug trade and cybercrime are two independent but interconnected concerns that have emerged in response to the globalised aspect of the modern world. The international drug trade is the illegal trafficking of narcotics and psychoactive substances across borders, facilitated by sophisticated criminal organisations that operate on a global scale. In contrast, cybercrime refers to a wide range of unlawful crimes carried out using digital means, such as hacking, identity theft, and online fraud.  

While these international risks may appear unconnected, they have some similarities, such as the employment of advanced technology, international networks, and the exploitation of vulnerabilities in global systems. Criminal organisations involved in the drug trade frequently use cyber tools to communicate, launder money, and evade law enforcement. Additionally, the dark web serves as a platform for both drug trafficking and various forms of cybercrime.  

The intertwining of these illicit activities poses complex challenges for international law enforcement and requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach to address these risks. In order to help us unpack these two vast networks of transnational organised crime, and their potential intersections, we are thrilled to be joined by Dr Christopher Allen.

Dr. Chris Allen is a researcher, lecturer, consultant and commentator specialising in organised crime and how it operates.  He has significant experience in lecturing on drug trafficking, cybercrime, human trafficking and firearms trafficking, among other subjects. 

Chris is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant of the London Policing College. He is also the creator of the U BATTLE toolkit, an investigative strategy development tool that began under City of London Police in 2018 and since then has gained national and international recognition. U BATTLE uses the adapted versions of traditional business analysis techniques to improve the development of investigative strategies in order to dismantle organised crime groups. 

Furthermore, he is a member of the Society for Evidence Based Policing, the European Political Research Consortium Standing Group on Organised Crime and the International Association for the Study of Organised Crime. 

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Today, we are joined by Ted McKenna. Ted is co-author of the bestselling book The JOLT Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision, and a founding partner of DCM Insights. He is an accomplished sales and customer experience researcher whose work has appeared in the pages of Harvard Business Review and a sought-after speaker and advisor to sales, business development, and customer experience teams around the world.  

Prior to co-founding DCMi, Ted held numerous executive leadership positions in product, strategy, research, advisory, and enablement for Tethr, Russell Reynolds Associates, and CEB (now, a part of Gartner).  

Ted is an expert in analyzing behaviours—of customers, doer-sellers, frontline sales & service agents, leaders, and board members—and applying analytics in various forms of content, products, and services. At Tethr, Ted worked on mining unstructured conversational data using advanced data science and leading AI/ML tools to build models, scores, and behavioural frameworks (the most well-known model is the Tethr Effort Index). Previous roles called for deploying syndicated research methods to mine more structured sources such as surveys, diagnostics, demographics, and jobs data (including research contained within the bestselling book, The Challenger Sale).  

Ted holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Iowa and resides with his family in the Chicago, Illinois area. 

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Achieving personal growth often requires experiencing discomfort. What if instead of tolerating discomfort (e.g., feeling awkward or uncomfortable), people actively sought it out? 
To explore this pressing question, we are joined by Kaitlin Woolley. Kaitlin is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, specializing in motivation science. Leveraging insights from marketing, psychology, behavioural economics, and organizational behaviour, her research delves into three key areas within motivation: 1) understanding predictors of motivation, 2) identifying cognitive biases in goal-related decisions, and 3) understanding the social dynamics of goal pursuit. Woolley’s research examines the psychological processes that influence goal pursuit, with the ultimate goal of developing interventions to enhance consumer motivation. 

Woolley’s research is published in top journals in marketing and psychology, including Psychological Review, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Science. She also publishes popular press articles, including in the Harvard Business Review and The Conversation. Her research is regularly covered by outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and NPR. Woolley has won several awards and honours for her research, including the Rising Star award from the Association for Psychological Science, the Young Scholar Award from the Marketing Science Institute, and the Early Career Award from the Society for Consumer Psychology. 

At Johnson, Woolley connects with MBA students in teaching the core marketing course and an elective on customer insights. She earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in psychology from Cornell University. Her MBA and PhD are from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. 

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When most people think about organised crime, their minds will instantly turn towards mafia style organisations; and these days no-where do mafias hold more of a reputation than in Latin America. According to the UNCAC Coalition (a global network of over 350 civil society organizations (CSOs) in over 100 countries, committed to promoting the ratification, implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)) Latin America is considered the most violent region on the planet, and according to the latest UNODC report, organised crime is responsible for 30% of homicides in LA. The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 indicates that the police and judiciary are considered amongst the most corrupt institutions in the region. In some Central American nations, the costs of crime are twice the regional average, while in others (such as the “Southern Cone” of Uruguay, Argentina and Chile) these costs are less than half the regional average. The total regional cost reaches US $236 billion per year. The risks associated with criminal groups of this status are vast for both Latin America, and the rest of the world, making discussions about this facet of organised crime that much more important. So, to discuss the international risks of Latin American organised crime with us today, it is a pleasure to welcome Damian Gariglio onto the podcast.  

Damián Gariglio is a political scientist and researcher from Buenos Aires. He majored in International Relations and holds a Master's Degree in International Studies from Torcuato Di Tella University - during which he spent six months in Colombia on a student exchange program. He is a member of the network of experts of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime. He has experience conducting research in Colombia and in Argentina working for different international NGOs and the public sector. 

He has worked in Bogota for the Colombian campaign to ban landmines as a humanitarian disarmament adviser. He was also the coordinator of the Observatory of Defence and Security for the Centre for International Political Studies (CEPI). 

In the research arena, Damián is currently working as an Assistant Researcher for the University of Buenos Aires focused on new criminal structures in Latin America. 

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As we step into 2024, a critical year for democracy worldwide, the stage is set for 64 national elections, marking an unprecedented turnout at the polls. The backdrop is a canvas of escalating international tensions, the daunting specter of climate change, and stretched thin inter-governmental organizations like the UN and NATO. In a year of potential transformative elections, with prospects of Kier Starmer as UK’s Prime Minister and scrutiny of Joe Biden’s presidency, Russia presents a contrasting narrative with its upcoming elections from March 15th to 17th. 

The recent demise of Alexei Navalny, Putin's chief rival, casts a foreboding shadow over these elections. As President Putin stands poised for a potential fifth term, the halted advance in Ukraine and the shifting global perception of Russia raise critical questions about what lies ahead. 

: To dissect these complexities, we're joined by Ben Dubow, a vanguard in AI and disinformation analysis with a lens on Russia. At the helm of Omelas, and fellow at the Center for European Policy and Analysis, Ben leverages AI to parse open-source intelligence, offering insights that have influenced global media and scholarly discourse. 

Our conversation with Ben will traverse the future of the war in Ukraine post-elections, the intricacies of Russian AI in disinformation, the influence of oligarchs on Putin's decisions, and the intricate web of Putin's global relationships. We'll explore the economic, political, and social trajectories under Putin's looming term, considering the international chessboard of elections, including the US’s, and the potential withdrawal from NATO. Join us as we delve into the implications of Putin's presidency on the global stage. 

Ben's Dashboard to follow the Russian Elections can be found below

https://www.omelas.io/elections-dashboard

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Last week, we heard from Ben Dubow, who gave us some fascinating insights into how he sees Putin’s next presidential term playing out and the implications of who comes second in the Russian presidential elections.  

This week, we thought it crucial to hear from someone who has real world experience in international diplomacy, Ambassador John E Herbst. 

Ambassador John Herbst is the senior director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center. Ambassador Herbst served for thirty-one years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State.  

He was the US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006. Prior to his ambassadorship, he was the ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2003. 

Our conversation with Ambassador Herbst will provide crucial insight into how Putin's next term as president may play out for Russia and how Europe and the US could be impacted.  

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One of the key actions companies of all sizes have to take is to ensure that their cybersecurity is constantly up to date; but for many, the true scale of the risks surrounding poor cybersecurity remain largely unknown;

so to help us unpack the risks and opportunities associated with cybersecurity, we are thrilled to be joined by Steve Orrin.

Steve Orrin is Intel’s Federal CTO and a Senior Principal Engineer.Steve is a cybersecurity expert, and a leading authority on Public Sector/Federal mission and enterprise systems and solutions. He is the Intel representative to on security standards and guidance and has contributed to several NIST standards and guidance publications. He is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies and the chair of the Int Nat SseA alliance Cyber Committee. 

Links to some of the resources Steve mentions in this episode can be found here:

NIST SP 800-207 - Zero Trust Architecture

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-207.pdf

NIST Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture - Practice Guide (Vol A-E)

https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/implementing-zero-trust-architecture

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers - Part 1

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/17/2003116445/-1/-1/0/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_CUSTOMER.PDF

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Software Bill of Materials Consumption - Part 2

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Nov/09/2003338086/-1/-1/0/SECURING%20THE%20SOFTWARE%20SUPPLY%20CHAIN%20RECOMMENDED%20PRACTICES%20FOR%20SOFTWARE%20BILL%20OF%20MATERIALS%20CONSUMPTION.PDF

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At the International Risk Podcast we strive to uncover the different facets of the world of risk we find ourselves in. But these risks do not occur in a vacuum. Today we are in a permacrisis, and year after year we hear about how the climate crisis is tightening its grip on the earth’s natural resources, and threatens the balance of the natural world. Similarly, both new and long-existing conflicts all over the world negatively affect geopolitics, and all over the world, both governments and civilians find themselves more and more at risk of economic decline.

The interconnectedness of the modern world means that these crisis are again not isolated. Some of these factors have contributed to an increasing number of people seeking refuge in other countries. According to the UNHCR, More than 114 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. We are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. To discuss the international risks associated with the refugee crisis, we are thrilled to be joined by Petra Molnar.

Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specialising in migration and human rights. Petra has worked all over the world including Jordan, Turkey, Philippines, Kenya, Colombia, US/Mexico, Canada, Palestine, and various parts of Europe. She is the co-creator of the Migration and Technology Monitor, a collective of civil society, journalists, academics, and filmmakers interrogating technological experiments on people crossing borders. She co-directs the Refugee Law Lab at York University and is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Petra’s first book, The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in The Age of Artificial Intelligence, is published with The New Press in 2024.

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It has been nearly six months since Israel began its campaign to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, following the horrific terrorist attack on October 7th. Today, Ben Lawson, intern at the International Risk Podcast is joined by Dominic Bowen, the host of the podcast to discuss some of the new developments in the conflict, as well as some of the key risks coming out of the region. Join us for this special edition of the International Risk Podcast as we discuss a range of topics including Israel-US relations, the ongoing humanitarian crisis,  the threat of Iranian involvement in the conflict  and the recent call to ban Al-Jazeera from Israel. 

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The UN estimated there to be around 110 million displaced people worldwide; among these are around 36.4 million refugees. We are currently in the midst of a refugee crisis, spurred on by a rising number of people fleeing persecution, violence, and human rights violations caused by the negative effects of climate change and disasters need international protection. In 2022, 84% of refugees and asylum seekers fled nations particularly vulnerable to climate change, compared to only 61% in 2010. According to the UNHCR, 76 per cent of the world's refugees and others in need of international protection are housed by low- and middle-income countries, particularly countries that neighbour those where the refugees are from. The risks facing refugees are vast, from being displaced in some cases for years at a time, to facing rampant discrimination when seeking safety in another country; and yet we do not get the full picture through the news. In order to help us unpack this vast topic, we are thrilled to be joined by Lori Wilkison. 

Lori Wilkinson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba. Her research centres on the economic and social outcomes of immigrants and refugees, with a special focus on women and youth. Her current projects include a national study of the pandemic arrival experiences of Afghan refugees, gender-based violence and newcomer women in Canada, international students and their perceptions of university and life in Canada, and the pandemic outcomes of Indigenous peoples and newcomers in Canada, USA and Mexico. She currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Migration Futures. In 2023, she was awarded Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba. For over a decade, she has served as the director of Immigration Research West, a multidisciplinary group of over 100 members who work together to educate Canadians about the contributions of newcomers. She volunteers with several international, national and local community organisations who are working toward the successful resettlement of newcomers. 

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Misinformation, often referred to as false or inaccurate information, has become a prevalent issue in the digital age. With the rapid growth of social media platforms and the easy access to information online, misinformation can spread quickly and widely, influencing public opinion, shaping beliefs, and even impacting important societal decisions. Misinformation can take various forms, including fabricated news stories, manipulated images or videos, misleading statistics, and deceptive narratives. It can originate from various sources, including individuals, organisations, or even state actors with specific agendas. The consequences of misinformation can be far-reaching, leading to confusion, mistrust, polarisation, and sometimes even harm to individuals or communities. As such, combating misinformation has become a significant challenge for governments, tech companies, media organisations, and individuals alike, requiring a multi-faceted approach that involves fact-checking, media literacy education, and responsible online behaviour.  

Misinformation is not just an issue for the here and now; in its current form, the actions taken as a result of trust in misinformation, or public disinformation campaigns can pose significant risks to society and the political landscape as we know it. To help us unpack these risks, we are privileged to be joined by Professor Stephan Lewandowsky. 

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky is a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol whose main interest is in the pressure points between the architecture of online information technologies and human cognition, and the consequences for democracy that arise from those pressure points. 

His research examines the consequences of the clash between social media architectures and human cognition, for example by researching countermeasures to the persistence of misinformation and spread of “fake news” in society, including conspiracy theories, and how platform algorithms may contribute to the prevalence of misinformation.  

He is also interested in the variables that determine whether or not people accept scientific evidence, for example surrounding vaccinations or climate science.His research is currently funded by the European Research Council, the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the UK research agency (UKRI, through Centre of Excellence REPHRAIN), the Volkswagen Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation (via Wake Forest University’s “Honesty Project”), Google’s Jigsaw, and by the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC) Mercury Project. 

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Over the last few months, we have spoken a great deal about Russia, both its current illegal invasion of Ukraine, as well as the recent elections in Russia.

For a huge part of modern history, Russia’s actions, both domestic and internationally, have had a huge ripple effect over the rest of the world, particularly within Europe; and this is what we are going to be discussing today. We are thrilled to be joined by Mathieu Boulegue to help us explore Russia and the international risks and opportunities this presents to Europe.

Mathieu Boulegue is a freelance researcher and consultant in international conflict and security affairs, with a focus on the Former Soviet Union. He is a Consulting Fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. His research focuses on Russian defense policy and military affairs, Ukraine, Russia-NATO relations, Transatlantic security, and military-security issues in the Arctic and the Antarctic.

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