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In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we discuss the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. For many years, oil was the basis of the relationship. Then, strategic goals. And now: confusion. Emily Hawthorne, senior Middle East and North Africa analyst with RANE, talks about the relationship and Saudi Arabia’s new prime minister, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  Subscribe to the RANE Podcast wherever you listen, including Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Podcast Addict Castbox Stitcher Spotify. RANE’s daily Risk Book digest, customizable intelligence briefs on cyber, geopolitical, and financial crime, access to knowledge-sharing webinars, and breaking alerts on important risk developments are some of teh ways RANE helps power your business to success. Join us at RANEnetwork.com.

Following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, many Southeast Asian governments -- particularly the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia -- worried that events in Afghanistan may reverse the broad decline in militancy the region has experienced since 2019. Has that happened? RANE global security analyst, Isaia Galace runs us through the risks. 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. For more information about RANE, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we brought you a weekly podcast debunking misinformation and sharing best practices from two of the world’s leading infectious disease experts. Drs. Bill Lang and Fred Southwick. 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 what businesses should know. On today’s podcast, our host David Lawrence talks with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick about what could be an intense flu season in the US.  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.

The Latest Thinking from the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE. In this episode, Rodger Baker's guest is Marko Papic, Partner and Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group. Their robust and entertaining discussion runs the gamut from financial advising on geopolitical events to the study of geopolitics and new thinking. The Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics is a global center of excellence for geopolitical intelligence and analysis. Geopolitical risk has emerged as a critical driver of risk and security for corporations and is shaping the global business environment. The practice of applied geopolitics provides a multidisciplinary framework for putting these global events in context, forecasting strategic trends, and making them relevant and actionable for organizations. Building on over a quarter century of Stratfor’s application of geopolitical intelligence to the corporate, national security, and educational sectors, the Center seeks to identify, develop, and strengthen best practices in geopolitical analysis and provide tools, methods, and training to organizations and individuals as they integrate geopolitical risk and opportunity into their business practices. Learn more today! https://www.ranenetwork.com/stratcenter

This is RANE’s essential geopolitics podcast, the most useful conversation you’ll hear all week! In this episode, host Emily Donahue speaks with Ali Plucinki, RANE’s strategic cyber analyst about current Russian cyber activities in the Ukrainian War and beyond. Since Russia invaded Ukraine early in 2022, the world has followed the conflict on the ground and in the air. But there’s another battlefield - and that is cyberspace. RANE is the Risk Assistance Network and Exchange. Learn about RANE Worldview just one of our industry-leading geopolitical intelligence offerings. You can learn more about RANE’s geopolitical risk monitoring and intelligence services, visit ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we’re taking a look at Bangladesh. The country was long considered a development success story in South Asia. But recent global events - from the pandemic to the War in Ukraine (and subsequent grain export ban in India) have taken their toll. RANE’s South Asia analyst, Ekta Raghuwanshi, shares the forecast with Emily Donahue.  Understanding geopolitical issues and drivers are critical to future planning, whether you run a multi-national conglomerate or you’re planning a trip to a place you’ve never been. RANE offers businesses a complete geopolitical intelligence solution with RANE Worldview for enterprises. It delivers forward-looking, geopolitical analysis tools that enhance your ability to understand what happens next. Learn more about RANE’s Geopolitical Intelligence Solution at ranenetwork.com   Learn more about the Simple English News Daily podcast - send7.org

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks with Clara Brackbill. She is a geopolitical analyst with RANE who focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa. The subject: Two of South Africa's largest coal-fired power plants broke down recently. Those were the latest in a series of problems with the country’s electricity production.  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 Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, guest hot Ryan Bohl speaks with Asia-Pacific analyst, Scott Kardas. In a recent article for RANE Worldview, Kardas wrote that "South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is attempting to make good on his campaign promise to restore and re-normalize relations with Japan, with Park Jin, the South Korean Foreign Minister, regularly meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, to find ways to resolve bilateral disagreements. South Korean and Japanese relations traditionally go through an up-and-down phase depending on the political leanings of the South Korean president, while Japanese views are slightly more standard in what they want out of South Korea for good relations." The discussion centers around whether or not a full rapprochement is possible, or more likely to focus on steps to normalize trade relations and increase intelligence sharing. 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 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. Learn about RANE Worldview, RANE’s geopolitical intelligence solution. With interactive graphics, RANE’s exclusive global risk monitor, updated 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 the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE global security analyst, Isaia Galace, about Afghanistan. A year after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, they discuss what's happening with foreign counterterrorism efforts, with a close look at what the late-July U.S. killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri says about U.S. capabilities in the country. 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.