Chinese cyber operations have evolved beyond its traditional tactics as China becomes increasingly emboldened. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, RANE Cyber Analyst, Hayley Benedict, compares China’s historical cyber operations to the country’s more recent cyber activities. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.    

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Hawthorne, a Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst at RANE, gives an overview of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran and discusses the circumstances surrounding the agreement between the two countries to potentially restore normal diplomatic relations. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, RANE’s Senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl, reveals why and how geopolitical analysts focus on ideology to help inform their analyses and forecasts. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this Essential Geopolitics episode, RANE's Global Security Analyst, Charles Thorson, shares his insights into current trends in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that suggest a growing potential for a Third Intifada, which could have significant political and economic ramifications for Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as exacerbate security concerns within the country. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE Founder David Lawrence sits down with Ben Colman, the CEO of Reality Defender, to discuss the creation of deepfakes and the implications of this rapidly evolving technology. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this Essential Geopolitics episode, RANE's Cyber Analyst, Ali Plucinski, explains the current U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding Section 230 and provides her insight into the likely implications for social media platforms and broader content moderation. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

With the fate of Europe’s common currency and the potential for another referendum on EU membership in the balance, France prepares to hold its highly contested general election. Stratfor Senior Europe Analyst Adriano Bosoni joins the podcast to explore the underlying forces at play in the French elections and what they could mean for Europe’s economic future. Then Stratfor Senior Eurasia Analyst Lauren Goodrich and Europe Analyst Mark Fleming-Williams dissect Russian efforts to influence the outcome of elections in general and the upcoming French election in particular. We’ll also look at how the French are responding.

In this episode of RANE's Beyond COVID podcast, our experts offer the latest intelligence on mask efficacy and share their insights into the future of COVID boosters. Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. Our host, David Lawrence, is the founder of RANE. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that U.S. electric vehicle company Tesla will install an automotive plant in Monterrey, marking another one of Mexico's successes in pushing to become a major player in EV manufacturing. RANE’s Latin America Analyst, Carmen Colosi, discusses Mexico’s efforts to shift its automotive manufacturing industry toward EV. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

This month, February 2023, marks the two-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, which subsequently led to a popular armed uprising. Nate Fischler, RANE’s Asia-Pacific Analyst, offers an overview of Myanmar's civil war, its future outlook and the attendant business implications. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

On the back of high oil prices and record natural gas prices in 2022, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and the world's oil supermajors reported record profits in their recent earnings calls. The high returns are leading some companies to re-emphasize investment into oil and gas in lieu of the energy transition in response. Matthew Bey, Senior Analyst at RANE, provides a rundown on the situation and shares his thoughts on what to expect next. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this Applied Geopolitics episode, Rodger Baker, Director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE speaks with Lasha Kasradze, academic liaison and strategic business development officer for Sokhumi State University. They discuss the implications of Russia’s shifting sphere of influence, including the outlook for the war in Ukraine. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

​​India’s military is one of the largest in the world, but its forces remain reliant on older weapons systems that have caused accidents and raised questions about its military readiness against its neighbors. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst, Ryan Bohl sits down with RANE’s South Asia Analyst, Ekta Raghuwanshi to discuss India’s military modernization efforts. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

​​In recent years, the Islamic State Mozambique Province group has become increasingly close to The Islamic State and has gained significant media attention. In this Essential Geopolitics episode, RANE’s Global Security Analyst, David Newman explains the evolution, international economic impact, and the outlook for this insurgency. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this podcast, RANE’s Executive Director of the Stratfor Center of Geopolitics, Rodger Baker, speaks with Dr. Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Assistant Professor at the Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, on the local, regional, and external dynamics of the pacific island region, and the ways that these dynamics are further complicated by geopolitical competition, climate change and colonialism. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst, Clara Brackbill discusses the circumstances surrounding Nigeria’s upcoming election that will determine the future of its ongoing battles with extremism, corruption, and instability. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Europe Analyst Matteo Ilardo explains the details surrounding the EU’s recent sanctions on Russian oil products and the short and long-term implications of this ban. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE's Beyond COVID podcast, our experts offer the latest intelligence on vaccine efficacy and the evolving status of the pandemic. Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. Our host, David Lawrence, is the founder of RANE. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, Sam Lichtenstein, RANE’s Director of Analysis shares his insights on the latest round of violent protests in Haiti following a wave of gang killings of police officers. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In today’s episode of the Cyber Survival podcast - part of the RANE Insights series - David Lawrence speaks to Chris Reynolds, the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Toyota. Reynolds is responsible for a whole roster of departments at Toyota, including evaluating its global risk. The conversation that follows is a broad-ranging look at global corporate risk, with insights on how businesses can build risk resiliency and manage ever-evolving risks such as climate change, supply chains, and, of course, cyber risks. RANE is a global risk intelligence company, that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis, and support, to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE’s risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com. #cybersecurity #riskmanagement #Risk #global #cyber #infotech #technology 

The RANE Insights podcast is a room where great ideas are shared and the world’s leading business and risk management experts convene. In today’s podcast, host and RANE founder, David Lawrence speaks to Stacey Vanek Smith, a business and economics reporter and co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money. Stacey Vanek Smith is also the author of “Machiavelli For Women,” a book inspired by Machiavelli’s political manifesto The Prince, to inspire women to take and maintain power at work. RANE is a global risk intelligence company, that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis, and support, to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE’s risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com. #business #women #RANE #riskmanagement #insights #Machiavelli #worklife 

In this episode of Applied Geopolitics from RANE, host Rodger Baker speaks to Dr. Kamran Bokhari, Director of Analytical Development at the New Lines Institute, who has just returned from a trip to Central Asia. They discuss how Central Asia is re-emerging as a key region for trans-Eurasian trade. But the landlocked Central Asian “Stans” sit in a complicated neighborhood, with a new sort of Great Game being played quietly among Russia, China, and more recently Turkey, with political and security uncertainty in nearby Afghanistan, and with a growing desire for additional outside investment to build on recent economic and transportation gains.  RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange) is a global risk intelligence company that provides risk and security professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to better anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats. RANE clients benefit from improved situational awareness, more efficient access to relevant intelligence and expertise, and better risk management outcomes. Join the millions who are tapping into the collective wisdom of the world’s largest community of risk and business professionals. For more information about RANE, visit www.ranenetwork.com.  

Welcome to RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast, I’m your host, Emily Donahue. Just reminding you here that this podcast is really essential listening – for business executives, academics, security experts and more! So buckle up and sit back. We’re taking off to Ukraine, where we'll get into the recent transition of Western military aid to Ukraine. Tanks, Missiles, support. Much has been made of this – but how much will change? Here with some guidance is RANE’s Eurasia analyst, Matthew Orr.  You can hear and see Matthew Orr providing analysis to all manner of news media. But you can also get direct-to-you geopolitics and intelligence updates from Matt and the RANE analysts as well. Try RANE Intelligence Briefs – RANE intelligence Briefs separate the signal from the noise and turn information into actionable intelligence. Visit RANEnetwork.com to sign up.  #Ukraine #intelligence #military #westernsupport #tanks #Russia #geopolitics

In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Emily Hawthorne about Egypt's current crisis. Emily Hawthorne is RANE's senior Middle East and North Africa analyst. In recent analyses for RANE Clients, she points out that Egypt's economy will remain vulnerable so long as the war in Ukraine continues to chip away at Cairo's foreign currency reserves by making imports more expensive, dampening tourism rates and spooking foreign investors. The decline in the Egyptian pound's value has further driven up the cost of imported goods (such as food and fuel), exacerbating the commodity price shocks created by the war in Ukraine. The fallout from the ongoing conflict has also seen fewer Ukrainian, Russian and European tourists visit Egypt in recent months, depriving Cairo of a key source of foreign currency.  RANE is a global risk intelligence company. One of many exclusive products, RANE Intelligence Briefs leverage a combination of machine learning and analyst curation to zero in on important developments and turn them into actionable intelligence. Information is drawn from a wide range of trusted sources and filtered by trained risk specialists. Results are delivered daily or weekly via email and on RANE’s Risk Intelligence platform, with tools that make the content easy to search and share with others. Learn more. Email us at [email protected] Egypt #intelligence #geopolitics #riskmanagement #financialcrisis #MiddleEast

In this episode of RANE's essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue. welcomes Nate Fishler, RANE’s Asia Pacific analyst. He’s written extensively on China’s demographics and points out that population decline is but one of many demographic issues China faces today. You can stay ahead of how China’s demographic challenges could affect your business with RANE Intelligence Briefs. Our flagship Risk Intelligence provides RANE clients with access to the insights and analysis they need to make more informed decisions and drive better risk management outcomes. All for a fraction of the cost you’d pay yourself! Sign up here: https://www.ranenetwork.com/products/intelligence-briefs

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we dive into ChatGPT. The chatbot has been getting a tremendous amount of attention in the press. Both positive and negative. But RANE risk analysts have flagged some pretty interesting risks from ChatGPT. Sam Lichtenstein talks about some of the cybersecurity risks. Sam Lichtenstein is RANE’s director of analysis. RANE Intelligence products deliver both strategic and tactical risk intelligence to global businesses. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com  

In this episode of RANE's Beyond Covid podcast, our experts offer the latest intelligence on the highly contagious XBB variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the risks for mass spreading now that China has opened its borders to travelers.  The pandemic raised people’s awareness of infectious diseases - and also the hunger for information about emerging diseases. So this podcast is looking beyond Covid, to update you on the new and the next emerging infectious diseases and with risk management advice for businesses.  Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. David Lawrence is the founder of RANE. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. Learn more about RANE’s market-leading risk intelligence products at ranenetwork.com.  

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE Latin America analyst, Carmen Colosi, about the possible repercussions after supporters of Brazil's former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro broke into and vandalized the headquarters of the country's three branches of government — including the presidential palace, the Congress building and the Supreme Court — after overwhelming security forces in the capital of Brasilia. The Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE is your go-to source for critical insight into global events. Carmen Colosi's analysis of Brazil's January 2023 insurrection is available in Worldview, RANE’s geopolitical intelligence solution. With interactive graphics, RANE’s exclusive global risk monitor, key forecast questions, and global threat monitoring, security professionals rely on RANE Worldview. Sign up for a trial at ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we gaze into Europe's near future. The past three years have been tumultuous in Europe, as the United Kingdom left the European Union, the COVID-19 pandemic brought high human and economic impacts on the continent, and the war in Ukraine led to a cost of living crisis across Europe. Adriano Bosoni, RANE’s director of analysis discusses how these events have shaped European power relations.  The Essential Geopolitics podcast is produced and hosted by Emily Donahue for RANE. RANE's forecasts deliver both strategic and tactical risk intelligence to global businesses. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com  

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, the conversation is about Israel’s new government. Specifically, National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. His recent visit to the Temple Mount was controversial but as RANE’s senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl, tells us, not quite as destabilizing as it might have been.  RANE is the Risk Assistance Network and Exchange - a global risk intelligence company that combines real-time tactical and strategic intelligence with analysis for risk and security professionals. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out more about RANE Worldview at ranenentwork.com.  

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we look at the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan. Isaia Galace, RANE’s global security analyst, says both situations can be attributed to one extremist group. You can read what 2023 holds for global security situations by signing up for RANE Worldview, our platform for strategy and operational risk professionals. With customizable risk & geopolitical intelligence, real-time threat monitoring, and client-specific briefings, RANE Worldview is the trusted source for more than 500 major global organizations. Become a RANE client today. Visit ranenetwork.com for details. Geopolitics matter. Follow RANE's geopolitics analysis and updates on our social media feeds. Find out more at ranenetwork.com  

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, an advance preview of some of the major security trends we'll be watching in 2023, drawing from both the RANE Worldview and RANE Threat Lens forecasts -- a bit of a teaser, so to speak from RANE’s director of analysis, Sam Lichtenstein.  RANE's 2023 Annual Geopolitical Forecast will publish on January 3, 2023. You can view both strategic and tactical risk forecasts for global businesses by becoming a RANE subscriber or giving a gift subscription to a colleague. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we look at Militant and grassroots violence in the West Bank, which has intensified in the last months of 2022. This, alongside Israeli counterterrorism operations and a spike in Israeli far-right violence, says RANE's global security analyst, Charles Thorson, indicates that 2023 will bring more unrest and violence. You can read RANE's full 2023 Forecast with a subscription to RANE Risk intelligence. RANE’s risk management tools offer improved situational awareness of emerging risks and threats so you can proactively manage and mitigate potential issues for your enterprise. Learn about RANE’s suite of risk intelligence tools at ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of the Beyond Covid podcast from RANE, the risk intelligence company, Dr. Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick share best practices for beating the "tripledemic" of R.S.V., flu and Covid-19.  Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. David Larence is the founder of RANE. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. Learn more about RANE’s market-leading risk intelligence products at ranenetwork.com/

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we look at the Qatari influence campaign in the EU. You might know the headlines - coming as they did amid the World Cup and with all eyes on Qatar. There were accusations of corruption among European civil servants and politicians accepting bribes as Qatar sought to gain influence in the European Parliament. But RANE's Senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl, takes us a little deeper into the geopolitics, with details and analysis that Qatar is not unique in its approach.  You can read more analysis of the situation and what is coming up in 2023 at RANE Worldview, the world’s leading geopolitical intelligence platform. Find it at RANEnetwork.com. And if you like the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, tell your colleagues about us. And check out RANE’s other geopolitical content on Youtube and our social channels. Search for RANE network. 

The field of geopolitics is having a bit of a revival. Geopolitical risk is a key challenge for internationally engaged businesses and organizations. The re-emergence of a multipolar system is driving strategists to revisit concepts of geopolitical analysis. And even academia is rehabilitating geopolitics as a viable and important field of study, particularly in Europe, but more recently in the United States. In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics podcast from RANE, host Rodger Baker talks with David Criekemans, an Associate Professor of International Relations and Geopolitics at the University of Antwerp and the Editor for the new Brill series on Geopolitics and International Relations about the trends in geopolitics as a field. RANE's annual 2023 geopolitical forecast publishes Jan 3, 2023. RANE forecasts deliver both strategic and tactical risk intelligence to global businesses. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE we look at rising tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.  In December 2022, tensions flared in north Kosovo as hundreds of ethnic Serbs erected roadblocks using heavy machinery at two border crossings with Serbia - the latest battle in a centuries-old geopolitical tug-of-war. Recently, there’s talk that those tensions could spark another war. Matteo Ilardo, RANE’s Europe analyst, clarifies whether the risk is real, and discusses how current tensions play into a larger geopolitical framework. Matteo Ilardo's latest analysis of unrest in North Kosovo can be found in RANE Worldview, our platform for strategy and operational risk professionals. With customizable risk & geopolitics intelligence, real-time threat monitoring and client-specific briefings, RANE Worldview is the trusted source for more than 500 major global organizations. Become a RANE client today. Visit ranenetwork.com for details.

In this episode of RANE's Beyond Covid podcast, our host David Lawrence talks with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick about the potential for Covid to complicate an already intense flu season. Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. David Larence is the founder of RANE. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. Learn more about RANE’s market-leading risk intelligence products at ranenetwork.com/

In this episode of your favorite AND essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, the South African president's political problems. The African National Congress (ANC) executive council says it will back South African President Cyril Ramaphosa against an impeachment inquiry. But the corruption allegations against Ramaphosa are not good news for the country’s ruling party. RANE’s sub-Saharan Africa analyst, Clara Brackbill walks us through what’s happening, and what comes next. You can read more on this political crisis in RANE Worldview, our geopolitical intelligence solution for professionals, and in our consumer publication. Are you ready to put intelligence to work for your organization? Sign up at ranenetwork.com.

https://www.ranenetwork.com/Over the past few years, RANE has shared a multitude of insights on board management; in this podcast, in our summits with Nasdaq on board excellence and oversight, and in regular briefings with our clients. All were geared toward defining and refining the board’s role in overseeing and supporting an organization. But what if members of the board are not engaged with the leaders of the business they are overseeing? In this podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks to Hardy Smith, who spent decades working in the high-speed corporate world of NASCAR racing and advocating for nonprofits and associations across the country. They talk about ways that non-profits and for-profits can better engage their boards. Hardy Smith is the Author of Stop the Nonprofit Board Blame Game, a how-to guide on how to fix some of the fundamental problems that plague many nonprofits and associations. You can find his book at https://www.hardysmith.com David Lawrence is the founder of RANE the Risk Assistance Network + Exchange - We are a global risk intelligence company providing risk and security professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to more effectively anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats.      Join the millions who are tapping into the collective wisdom of the world’s largest community of risk and business professionals, sign up at www.ranenetwork.com.

Nepal is a perfect geopolitical specimen. It is a small country landlocked between two regional powers. To the north is China. To the southeast is India. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with RANE’s South Asia analyst Ekta Raguwanshi about how Nepal's new government will struggle to maneuver between India and China. You can read Ekta Raguwanshi's analyses of South Asia geopolitical and business risks in  RANE Worldview, our risk intelligence solution for professionals, as well as in our consumer publication, which offers objective geopolitical analysis and intelligence covering the global landscape. Find out more about RANE’s industry-leading risk management tools and support, including RANE Worldview at ranenetwork.com.

In recent months, politicians and business leaders across Europe have warned about companies leaving the continent if energy prices remain high and the EU doesn’t help energy-intensive industries. In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Adriano Bosoni, RANE’s director of analysis, looks at the two-fold problem of energy conditions in Europe and deindustrialization. You can read Adriano Bosoni's analysis of Europe's energy situation in RANE Worldview, our risk intelligence app for professionals, AND in our consumer publication, which offers objective geopolitical analysis and intelligence covering the global landscape. Find out more about RANE’s industry-leading risk management, including RANE Worldview at ranenetwork.com.

RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast is your primary source for quick and reliable geopolitical risk intelligence. In this episode, the United States has eased some sanctions on Venezuela, in hopes it would help further negotiations between President Nicolás Maduro's government and the opposition. Both also agreed to a U.N.-managed plan for the country’s poor. Is it possible that long-stalled negotiations could yield some results? Carmen Colosi is RANE’s Latin America analyst. She provides analysis.  You can read Carmen Colosi's analysis of Venezuela’s complex challenges in Worldview, RANE’s geopolitical intelligence solution. With interactive graphics, RANE’s exclusive global risk monitor, key forecast questions and global threat monitoring, security professionals rely on RANE Worldview. Sign up for a trial at ranenetwork.com.

RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast is your primary source for quick, and reliable geopolitical risk intelligence.  Not too long ago, Denmark released a report on the damage to the Nordtream pipeline. It said leaks were caused by "powerful explosions." Some blame Moscow for the explosions. But gas pipelines aren’t the only critical infrastructure at potential risk deep under the oceans of the world. In fact, as RANE’s cybersecurity analyst Ali Plucinskitells us, increased Russian naval activity in recent years around underwater deep sea cables is causing concern. RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange) is a global risk intelligence company that provides risk and security professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats. RANE clients benefit from improved situational awareness, more efficient access to relevant intelligence and expertise, and better risk management outcomes. Join the millions who are tapping into the collective wisdom of the world’s largest community of risk and business professionals. For more information about RANE, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast, David Newman, a security analyst with RANE, talks us through what's happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In August 2022, U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, visited Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2022 saw a marked flare-up of their conflict in border areas. The UN says Rwanda is supporting a rebel group in the eastern DRC. He explains the conflict and how it is affecting other countries in the region. You can find David Newman's analyses in RANE Worldview and RANE Threat Lens, two of our flagship products designed to help security professionals identify and mitigate threats to employees and business locations. Find out how RANE can help your business at ranenetwork.com. 

One notable development in the Asia Pacific region over the past few years has been the remilitarization of Japan. You may recall, after World War Two, the victorious allies demanded the complete de-militarization of Japanese society and government. For decades, Japan continued that policy. But things are changing. Scott Kardas is RANE’s Asia Pacific analyst. He says Japan is rapidly building up its military capabilities. What is the end goal? Scott Kardas offers details. Kardas is an Asia Pacific analyst with RANE. You can read his analysis of the s situation in RANE Worldview, our risk intelligence app for professionals, AND in our consumer publication, which offers objective geopolitical analysis and intelligence covering the global landscape. Find out more about RANE’s industry-leading risk management, including RANE Worldview at ranenetwork.com.

Applied Geopolitics is the podcast series from the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE. Its host is Rodger Baker, the center's executive director, a veteran geopolitical strategist whose expertise includes the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia, and the Arctic. In this episode, Baker's guest is Fred Burton, the Executive Director, Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence; former special agent and New York Times best-selling author, as well as one of the world's foremost authorities on security and terrorism. As businesses and organizations increasingly recognize the impact of geopolitical events on their international and even national operations, their internal information and intelligence cycles are often much shorter and more tactical. It is vital for those managing risk to balance between the strategic context and the tactical application.  The Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics is a global center of excellence for geopolitical intelligence and analysis. The Center focuses on training, educational certification, and geopolitical thought leadership. Sign up for alters from the Stratfor Center for Applied geopolitics at RANE: https://www.ranenetwork.com/stratcenter