The Decision Advantage

In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Global Security Analyst, Thomas Abi-Hanna, discusses what's has happened in the 20 years since Israel withdrew from Southern Lebanon.

Points include:

Why was Israel in Lebanon in the first place? What factors caused Israel to withdraw after 18 years?

In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Global Security Analyst, Thomas Abi-Hanna, discusses what's has happened in the 20 years since Israel withdrew from Southern Lebanon. Points include: 
Why was Israel in Lebanon in the first place? What factors caused Israel to withdraw after 18 years?
The geopolitical implications of the invasion and withdrawal for Israel, Lebanon and elsewhere?

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Protests have started again in Hong Kong, after China made a big move. In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Asia Pacific Analyst Evan Rees speaks with Emily Donahue about why protests in Hong Kong have reignited and why the will not burn out any time soon. A hint: It's all about Taiwan.

Subscribers to RANE Worldview can read decades of analysis of the Hong Kong / China relationship and get exclusive access to our annual and quarterly forecasts. Get started with your subscription today by visiting https://www.ranenetwork.com/worldview-subscribe. 

In this Pen and Sword podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue interviews Anthony DePalma, Author of "The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times." With rare access, DePalma discovers and shares stories from people whose lives have been defined by a U.S. embargo and a failed revolution. For 60 years, Cuba's presence on the world stage has been limited to the role of a pawn in the Cold War fight for supremacy between communism and capitalism.

DePalma writes, "I wanted readers to know about the Cubans’ incredible ability to adapt to the most distressing circumstances, giving them a remarkable ability to survive harrowing conditions. That may be their greatest strength as a people. But it is also their gravest weakness because it means they are so busy figuring out a way to survive, they have not attempted to change what is wrong and to set things right. It also is, I think, the reason that the 60-year-old U.S. embargo will never work. If the embargo’s goal is to make conditions on the island so distressing that the people rise up and overthrow the government, the myriad little ways Cubans have taught themselves to survive—replacing motorcycle gas tanks with soda bottles, frying plantain skins so they taste like meat—make that goal unlikely ever to be achieved."

Subscribe to RANE Worldview now to learn more about life in Cuba and its role in the geopolitics of the Americas - https://www.ranenetwork.com/worldview-subscribe. 

In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Greg Priddy. Priddy, who directs coverage of global energy and the Middle East, says the road ahead for oil producers looks long and hard. From Saudi Arabia to Russia and the U.S., the oil markets are looking at a sustained downturn, not unlike that of the mid-1980's.

Subscribers to RANE Worldview can read all of our coverage of the Middle East. Get started with your subscription today at https://www.ranenetwork.com/worldview-subscribe. 

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, host Emily Donahue speaks with Ben West about his work surveying how the global return to work is going. West says that If the shut down process in March and April seemed chaotic and disorganized, the reopening process will be even more jumbled.  That's because not only is there no global plan in place but inside individual countries - including the United States - processes are split between national, state, local and even individual plans.

You can read more from Ben West on https://worldview.stratfor.com/. 

In this episode of the Pen and Sword podcast from RANE, Rodger Baker speaks with the inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations David Firestein. A decorated career U.S. diplomat from 1992–2010, Mr. Firestein specialized primarily in China and U.S.-China relations. Topics covered range from the COVID19 to latest trade tariffs to the U.S. presidential election and the future world order.

Subscribers to RANE Worldview can read decades of analysis on the US-China trade and diplomatic relationship as well as in-depth details about China's one belt, one road initiative. Subscribe today at https://www.ranenetwork.com/worldview-subscribe. 

The geopolitics of energy and how access to energy and uses of energy play into a changing world order are the topics of Dr. Michael Webber's new book, "Power Trip: The Story of Energy" from Basic Books. Webber argues the stakes are high, given that Earth is in the midst of a major climate transition even as developing countries seek better access to reliable sources of energy. Will the future be driven by clean energy or by fossil fuels? Just where the thirst for power will take us is a critical question for the next half-century, and one that will be answered, Webber argues, whether we are ready or not. 

In this episode of Essential Geopolitics from RANE, Emily Hawthorne discusses how the six Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman are approaching the battle against COVID-19. As with the rest of the world, Hawthorne advises, the virus will impact economies, industries and societies. The real question is how to prevent any unrest arising from the impacts.

Subscribers to RANE Worldview can read the latest on the geopolitical, cyber, security and risk impacts of GCOVID-19. Get started with your subscription by visiting https://www.ranenetwork.com/worldview-subscribe. 

In this episode of the RANE Insight podcast series, host Emily Donahue speaks to Bill Edwards Associate Principle of Protective Design & Security Services Thornton Tomasetti. s the third quarter approaches, a large portion of the workforce may be back. But what would that actually mean?. Edwards says there must be changes to the workplace to ensure workers, clients and visitors will be safe as COVID-19 restrictions begin lifting. Collaboration and creative thinking are necessary to address workplace issues businesses may never have encountered. Topics covered include: How do businesses prepare for a returning workforce? For multinational or multi-state businesses what are best practices for reopening?