The Decision Advantage

The Decision Advantage

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The Decision Advantage episodes

  • RANE Insights: SolarWinds is the Hack that Keeps on Taking

    In this podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks with Robert Knake, a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who also served as director for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council. They talk about new revelations about the SolarWinds breach, lessons learned and processes that must change to ensure digital information is protected. 

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    55 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: Why the World is Watching Myanmar

    In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Evan Rees, Stratfor’s Asia Pacific analyst. On Feb. 1, Myanmar’s military, announced that the commander-in-chief of the defense services would take on all executive, judicial and legislative powers. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and other officials were taken into custody. The country was virtually cut off. The US has called this a military coup. Rees explains what caused the Myanmar military to take control of the government and what happens next. 

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    7 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: What’s Working with Israel’s Vaccine Program

    In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Ryan Bohl, a Middle East and North Africa analyst for RANE.

    As more countries begin vaccinating against COVID-19, there have been some remarkable developments. New variants impacting vaccine effectiveness, EU shortages, US coordination struggles, and whole nations that have received no vaccines at all. As RANE forecasts in its annual report, there will be months of challenges ahead. One country we are watching? Israel. 

    5 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: What's Working with Israel's Vaccine Program

    In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks with Ryan Bohl, a Middle East and North Africa analyst for Stratfor.

    As more countries begin vaccinating against COVID-19, there have been some remarkable developments. New variants impacting vaccine effectiveness, EU shortages, US coordination struggles, and whole nations that have received no vaccines at all. As Stratfor forecast in its annual report, there will be months of challenges ahead. One country we are watching? Israel. 

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    5 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: U.S.-Iran Scenarios Under Biden

    In this podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks to Stratfor’s Senior Global analyst, Matthew Bey and Senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Emily Hawthorne. The topic: the relationship between the U.S. and Iran. The relationship between the two countries grew more complicated during the Trump administration. The US withdrew from the JCPOA. Iran became more aggressive in the gulf. And not long ago, Iran passed a bill expanding its nuclear program - a tactical move to push the US into lifting crippling sanctions. Bey and Hawthorne break down different scenarios that might have to happen for the two to come to terms on Iran's nuclear program.

    32 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: U.S.-Iran Scenarios Under Biden

    In this podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE's Senior Global analyst, Matthew Bey and Senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Emily Hawthorne. The topic: the relationship between the U.S. and Iran. The relationship between the two countries grew more complicated during the Trump administration. The US withdrew from the JCPOA. Iran became more aggressive in the gulf. And not long ago, Iran passed a bill expanding its nuclear program - a tactical move to push the US into lifting crippling sanctions. Bey and Hawthorne break down different scenarios that might have to happen for the two to come to terms on Iran's nuclear program.

    32 min
  • RANE Insights on COVID-19: New Virus Variants and New Vaccines

    There’s a lot to talk about in this week’s episode of the RANE Insights on COVID 19 podcast, from new variants of the virus to new vaccines in the pipeline. RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang.


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    32 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: The US and Vietnam During the Biden Administration

    In this episode of the the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue gets an update on Vietnam/US relations from Evan Rees, RANE's Asia Pacific analyst. The US Presidential transition is complete. New domestic policies are being rolled out while US foreign policy is being rejiggered. Many nations around the world are actively working to adapt to the Biden Administration foreign policy priorities. One such country? Vietnam. Up for discussion? How will U.S.-Vietnamese relations evolve under the Biden administration and how Vietnam's domestic political transition will likely impact the country's behavior going forward.

    7 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: The End of Germany’s Merkel Era

    In this episode of the Essential Geoplitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Adriano Bosoni, RANE's Senior European analyst about German politics.  This as one of the longest serving political figures of recent decades announced she will step down in 2021. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has served since 2005, through multiple presidential and prime ministerial terms worldwide. Now, Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union, has appointed a new party leader.  What does this mean for German politics?  Listen.

    10 min
  • Essential Geopolitics: The End of Germany's Merkel Era

    In this episode of the Essential Geoplitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks with Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor’s Senior European analyst about German politics.  This as one of the longest serving political figures of recent decades announced she will step down in 2021. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has served since 2005, through multiple presidential and prime ministerial terms worldwide. Now, Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union, has appointed a new party leader.  What does this mean for German politics?  Listen.

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    10 min

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