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Friday Feb 12, 2016
Political, social and regulatory risks
Friday Feb 12, 2016
Friday Feb 12, 2016
Understanding the political and social context of an urbanisation project and the regulatory framework is central to its success in the short and long term.
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Jakarta attack - Implications for the security and operating environment
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Geostrategy and the Syrian conflict
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
In this podcast, Gala Riani, Head of Analysis for the Middle East and North Africa leads a discussion on how the foreign powers fighting directly or by proxy in Syria’s civil war may act in 2016.
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
In the coming weeks, as the US chairs the UN Security Council, what hopes for a unified coalition against IS? And world leaders meet for the UN conference on climate change.
Thursday Oct 22, 2015
Understanding organisational resilience
Thursday Oct 22, 2015
Thursday Oct 22, 2015
In this podcast, Stephanie Lhomme, Director for Europe and Africa in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence business examines how resilience - a term that originated in psychology - can be understood in an organisational context.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2015
Tuesday Oct 13, 2015
Iran faces a deadline to disclose military dimensions of past nuclear activities; the Trans Pacific Partnership faces domestic challenges; and a pair of elections in West Africa. Hosted by Charles Hecker and Michael Moran.
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Preventing violence in the workplace
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Securing the Built Environment & Critical Infrastructure - West Africa
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Simon White, Associate Director, discusses the need for effective security design to help mitigate risks to the built environment in West Africa.
Thursday Jul 09, 2015
Westgate to Garissa... the future of militant extremism in East Africa
Thursday Jul 09, 2015
Thursday Jul 09, 2015
With no successful terrorist attack in Nairobi and Mombasa since May 2014 and al-Shabab being on the back foot in Somalia, it is understandable that some have been quick to dismiss the group. However, measuring the state of al-Shabab by the size of territory under its control or the number of foreign militants is misleading. Rather than signs of terminal decline, changes in al-Shabab’s operating pattern are a potential source of future strength.
Paul Gabriel, East Africa Analyst
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
Securing the Built Environment & Critical Infrastructure
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
The built environment and critical infrastructure have long been subject to a range of threats and hazards - from anti-social behaviour and general criminality, through to sabotage, terrorism and natural hazards.
Mark Whyte, Senior Managing Director, discusses the security risks to the built environment and critical infrastructure as well as the mitigation strategies that can be applied to help secure these valuable, and often vulnerable assets.
Friday Jun 19, 2015
Friday Jun 19, 2015
In the coming weeks Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff tries to mend ties with the US, Mali’s rebel groups may sign a peace accord and the EU heads of government will discuss security and the economy.
Friday Jun 05, 2015
RiskMap Podcast: Mexico Votes, G7 Meets and a Free Trade Zone in Africa
Friday Jun 05, 2015
Friday Jun 05, 2015
In the coming weeks, Mexico’s holds midterm elections with implications for the country’s reform agenda, leaders of the G7 nations meet in Germany, and a new free trade zone takes shape in Africa. Hosted by Charles Hecker and Michael Moran.
Friday Apr 24, 2015
Friday Apr 24, 2015
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Washington with an eye toward a trade deal that could have major implications for the Pacific Rim. Meanwhile, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is almost guaranteed to win re-election, while the outcome of the UK's vote is far less certain. Hosted by Charles Hecker and Michael Moran.
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
RiskMap Podcast: Nigeria’s Election and the View From Asia
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
The final two weeks of Nigeria’s election bring considerable uncertainty to Africa’s largest economy. Meanwhile, Asian investors look abroad for opportunities, focusing on Africa, the Middle East and Indonesia. Hosted by Michael Moran and Charles Hecker.
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Greece and Europe – the road ahead
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Monday Feb 02, 2015
After a confrontational first week in power, Greece’s governing SYRIZA party has toned down the rhetoric and is now talking to European leaders.
David Lea, Control Risks Senior Europe Analyst and Dr James Nixon, Chief European Economist at Oxford Economics discuss what the coming months will bring.