The Decision Advantage

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, Ryan Bohl speaks with Matthew Orr, RANE's Eurasia analyst. He recently published guidance for RANE Worldview that said, "Ukraine's counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region will relieve the threat to Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, increase calls in Russia for mobilization and escalation of the war, and fortify the West's strategy of pressuring Russia while providing military aid to Ukraine." 

While Westerners applauded Ukraine's effort, and will likely see it as an opportunity to continue the course of applying economic pressure on Russia and supplying military aid to Ukraine, Russia may strike back harder, and faster.

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In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE global security analyst, Isaia Galace, about Afghanistan.

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 more effectively 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 the RANE Insights podcast, our host David Lawrence gets an update on COVID from Fred Southwick, an infectious disease specialist at teh University of Florida College of Medicine. they talk about booster safety, who should get them, and why you might not want to throw away your masks.

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 more effectively 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.

For many people, the letters, "AI" prompt an unconscious recoil or thoughts of dystopian futures run by autonomous robots like those in movies and books. The reality is, right now A-I, is confined to machines programmed to learn and mimic the actions of humans. But artificial intelligence can be used to bolster cybersecurity and predict cyber risks in a number of ways. In this podcast, RANE Cyber Analyst Ali Plucinski interviews Dave Wreski, the CEO at Guardian Digital about how his company uses AI to address Ransomware.

Dave Wreski is the CEO at Guardian Digital which makes email safe for business by helping companies stay ahead of emerging threats, make informed cybersecurity business decisions, reduce management complexity and free up IT resources.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, the conversation turns to Chile. In early September, Chilean voters overwhelmingly rejected the constitutional rewrite carried out over the course of the previous year. Although the constitutional rewrite process was formed originally after a majority of Chileans voted in favor of it, RANE Latin America analyst, Carmen Colosi, says that some surprises in the draft caused the defeat, but the process of drafting a constitution is far from over.

The subject of this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast is Al Shabaab. Al Shabaab is a Somalia-based Islamic insurgence group active in East Africa. It has been responsible for hundreds of violent attacks in that country over the past few years. And now, amid political instability and a worsening drought, the group could be growing.

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 more effectively 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, the focus is fighting between Ethiopia's government forces and Tigray Rebels. The long conflict between the government and rebels in the Tigray region of the country was - for a brief time earlier this year - subdued under a humanitarian truce. You see, the Horn of Africa is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent history. And 10 million people are at risk of starving. But now, fighting has resumed. David Newman, a Global Security Analyst with RANE, offers guidance. 

David Newman is a global security analyst with RANE. You can read his work in RANE Threat Lens, which is an app that delivers Strategic and Tactical Intelligence for Global Organizations. Find out more about RANE risk intelligence, and RANE Threatlens at ranenetwork.com. 

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, the focus is fighting between Ethiopia's government forces and Tigray Rebels. The long conflict between the government and rebels in the Tigray region of the country was - for a brief time earlier this year - subdued under a humanitarian truce. You see, the Horn of Africa is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent history. And 10 million people are at risk of starving. But now, fighting has resumed. David Newman, a Global Security Analyst with RANE, offers guidance. 

David Newman is a global security analyst with RANE. You can read his work in RANE Threat Lens, which is an app that delivers Strategic and Tactical Intelligence for Global Organizations. Find out more about RANE risk intelligence, and RANE Threatlens at ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks with Chase Blazek, an Asia-Pacific analyst with RANE. They talk about the geopolitics of Taiwan, and that of the two great powers eyeing each other over it. Taiwan is a bellwether for China’s ambitions in the Pacific, Blazek says, and those are markedly different since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit in early August.

RANE Worldview is the industry-leading geopolitical intelligence solution. Analysis, interactive graphics, risk trackers, and global threat monitoring are just a few of the functions in Worldview. Sign up for a trial at ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE's Europe analyst, Matteo Ilardo. Energy prices in Europe have skyrocketed over the past months-- driven by the war in Ukraine. They will remain high, and get higher as that continues. You see, Russian natural gas is critical for producing electricity, heating homes, and powering industry in Europe. As Russia has reduced the flow to Europe, there’s plenty of uncertainty about the upcoming winter.

RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. RANE Worldview is the industry-leading geopolitical intelligence solution. Analysis, interactive graphics, risk trackers, and global threat monitoring are just a few of the functions in Worldview. Learn more at ranenetwork.com.