Global Security Briefing by Factal and Emergent Risk International

The transition from La Niña to El Niño will have different impacts throughout various regions of the world. Factal's VP of Product and co-founder Cory Bergman addresses what to expect. Emergent Risk International talks about the SVB bank collapse and other issues they are tracking, to include the growing food crisis in Africa that will combine both scarcity of food and the inability to pay fo...

This week's Global Security Briefing leads off with Emergent Risk International's top five issues they are following this week, a deep dive into Nigeria's recent election, Factal's focus on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and a demonstration of ERI's Situation Room. Related reading; Forecast podcast: At least three dead in surging violence following West Bank...

This week's Global Security Briefing is packed with information on the various UFOs spotted and then shot down, the dual earthquakes in Turkey, Twitter's upcoming API changes, the China-U.S. relationship is strained, Israel-Palestine violence is surging, and more. Related reading;  Why is the US military suddenly shooting down every UFO in the sky? Why Wreckage Of The Three Shot Down Obj...

A few handy links for the February 2nd edition of the Global Security Briefing. bellingcat on how to OSINT on TikTok Medvedev warns of nuclear war if Russia defeated in Ukraine Violence could delay Nigerian elections The GSB starts with Kieran from Emergent Risk International talking about the five things they're watching this week, plus three more you should be paying more attention to. Iman...

Both Afghanistan and Pakistan create obstacles for Factal 's coverage. Editors Awais and Halima explain the techniques the editorial team use to assure members get the information, context and accuracy they need. Factal's most recent Debrief is on the uneasy relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Emergent Risk International 's Jackie and Iman go over the five things they'r...

Emergent Risk International looks at their top five issues of the week. These include near-term looks at Covid in China, the Ukraine-Russia War, U.S. infrastructure sabotage, Brazil's new government, and Israel's new government. Factal predicts nine impacts on security and resilience professionals -- including the use of generative AI to provide intelligence analysis and the further spli...

Welcome back to the audio-only version of the Global Security Briefing. After taking the last scheduled Briefing off for U.S. Thanksgiving this Briefing is packed. First up this time is Emergent Risk International 's Iman Elbanna. Iman covers five things that ERI is tracking as well as the possibilities of a diesel shortage to stress the supply chain just a little bit more. Factal 's Cor...

This Global Security Briefing takes a quick look at the U.S. election. Then Cory talks about the challenges created by Twitter changing its verification system, how risk and security professionals can deal with that and what alternatives are available. Kieran's conversation heads to Sharm el-Sheikh for COP27 and the protests in response to the climate conference. As always for the registrants...

In this week's GSB Kieran from Emergent Risk International talks about the sabotage of pipelines, internet cables, train lines and more in Europe. He also updated his 'what to watch for' in regards to Russia using nuclear weapons and some trends around American election violence. Cory talked about Factal 's NGO milestone , the upcoming triple-demic with flu, RSV and Covid all o...

This episode of the Global Security Briefing kicks off with Kieran from Emergent Risk International discussing the uptick in rhetoric regarding a nuclear war. From Factal , Cory talks about what the lack of American vaccine booster uptake could mean for an upcoming COVID-19 surge. In the live Q&A there are questions regarding the business impact of nuclear war, potential radiation spread if a...

As Hurricane Ian shifted to a tropical storm and back to a hurricane Factal's VP of Product Cory Bergman talks about the trend towards larger, more active hurricanes. Director of Analysis for Emergent Risk International Kieran O'Leary spoke about the upcoming 20th CCP national congress and what that could mean for China, Taiwan and the world. Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and...