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In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, the conversation turns to Afghanistan. So much has happened in so little time. A Taliban takeover. A frenzied US withdrawal. A seemingly crushed opposition. The return of Al Qaeda. Emily Donahue speaks to Charles Thorson, Stratfor Global Security Analyst at RANE, about how jihadist groups reacted to the Taliban's takeover of...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue gets a briefing on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Russia from Stratfor Eurasia analyst, Matthew Orr. Russia holds parliamentary elections in September. This happens less than a month after Russian telecoms companies blocked "Navalny," a mobile app created by Alexei Navalny's inner circle to coordinate o...

Turkey is concerned about the large number of Afghan refugees who may pass through the country on their way to Europe, or worse, stay. Turkey already has one of the largest refugee populations in the world - and now is shoring up defenses along its borders.  In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Ryan Bohl, Stratfor Middle East and North Africa an...

Germany will hold a federal election on September 26. It will be the first election in two decades for which chancellor Angela Merkel is not a candidate. September’s election outcome will influence the fate not only of Germany but of the entire European Union. Emily Donahue speaks to Stratfor's Senior Europe Analyst at RANE, Adriano Bosoni, about why the election is so important. 

In this episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, host David Lawrence gets his weekly update from Dr. Fred Southwick, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang, an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics. This week, why getting an antibody test could be a waste of money, who should get a boost...

In this episode of Stratfor's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Ryan Bohl speaks with Emily Hawthorne, Stratfor Middle East and North Africa specialist at RANE, about the new alliance between Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt. Iraq seems to be the primary instigator of this New Levant Initiative, but may be getting some pressure from outside. Find out what this means for other countries in the region and what...

In this episode of the RANE Essential Geopolitics podcast, powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks to Stratfor Director of Analyst Operations at RANE, Rebecca Keller. The drought in the western United States is likely to last at least through the fall of 2021. And rain may not end the conditions there that have been building for 20 years -- such as density, higher temperatures, and changes in ra...

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks to Matthew Bey, Stratfor Senior Global analyst at RANE. The furious conflict between Ethiopia's government and armed Tigray forces has created humanitarian strife and spread ethnic violence in the country. In the past few months of the long conflict, violence has spread.  As Bey explains in a recent a...

In this episode of the RANE podcast series, RANE Insights on Security with Brian W. Lynch, Brian is talking with Bill Alden, Chairman & CEO at the DEA Educational Foundation, which travels around the country supporting schools and local agencies in keeping children aware of the many choices they have in life that don’t include illicit drugs. The DEA Educational Foundation also provides help to bus...

In this episode of the RANE insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Dr. Fred Southwick, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang, an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics about back-to-school mask mandate wars, confusing guidance on who needs a booster shot and when, a...

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue gets an overview of how Haiti is dealing with devastating natural disasters and a political storm from Carmen Colosi, Stratfor Latin America analyst at RANE. On August 14, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti's southwestern peninsula, home to roughly 16% of the country's population. The very next day, the sa...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Sam Lichtenstein speaks to Emily Donahue about the five-part series reviewing the extremist, criminal, espionage, protest, and cyber threats to air travel, hotels, and conferences currently publishing on Worldview. Subscribe to Worldview to read the entire series. https://worldview.stratfor.com  Or stay up-to-date on what Str...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast on COVID-19, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Dr. Fred Southwick, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang about recalcitrant states on vaccines and political leaders who eschew mask mandates, as well as back-to-school tips. Individuals and organizations turn to RANE, for risk intelligen...

A country in chaos is how it’s being described. And a populace in fear. In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, Ekta Raghuwanshi, Stratfor South Asia analyst for RANE, discusses Afghanistan's future as the US finalizes its withdrawal from the country, and the Taliban increases its territorial control and seems close to taking the capital, Kabul.  Sign Up for the Free...

In this RANE Insights podcast, RANE Founder, David Lawrence, speaks to Randal Phillips, Managing Partner for Asia at the Mintz Group, a global due diligence, and investigations firm. They discuss what businesses should know about doing business with or in China.  In August, China sentenced a Canadian businessman to 11 years in prison for spying. Michael Spavor and another Canadian, Michael Kovrig...

In this episode of Stratfor's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Ryan Bohl speaks with Bhumi Patel, Stratfor South Asia specialist at RANE, about India's proposed new data protection laws. India claims to be creating this new legislation to protect user data, but some analysis of the bill we ask the question: Is the Indian government really putting consumers first with this proposal? Will this propose...

Lawsuits are starting to pile up, in the wake of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium. Most seek damages - not only for the deaths of the nearly 100 people who died -- but also for the loss of 138 individual units. In today’s podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence talks to industry experts on what we know and don’t know about what went wrong and what needs to be done to prevent sim...

In this episode of the RANE Insights on Covid 19 podcast, the topic is whether or not to mask-up as the delta variant spreads. News outlets reported this past weekend that a new CDC document is warning that Delta infections are likely to be more severe and people should mask-up regardless of vaccination status. RANE founder David Lawrence speaks to Drs. Fred Southwick, infectious disease specialis...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Michael Monderer, Stratfor Stratfor senior analyst for global economics at RANE. There’s been a lot of talk recently about digital currencies. China is testing what it calls the e-yuan. What is it? How does it work, and should investors or economies be concerned that it's a challenge to the US dollar...

In this episode of Stratfor's Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, the changing nature of farmer protests in India. Farmers in India have been protesting for months - demanding the government repeal laws that opened agricultural markets to private companies. In recent days, those protests have developed new facets. Bhumi Patel, Stratfor South Asia analyst at RANE puts those changes into perspe...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, how the Gulf Arab States are addressing the pandemic. The rising rates of infections and hospitalizations from two new variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has public health experts around the world concerned. The reasons vary, from vaccine hesitancy in the West to a shortage of vaccines in developing economies. L...

In this episode of the RANE Insights on Covid 19 podcast, the topic is the concern generated by a new surge in virus cases and questions of whether even the vaccinated should restrain from activities in indoor crowded spaces.  RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Dr. Fred Southwick, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Bill Lang an expert in pub...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential geopolitics podcast from RANE, we turn our attention to China's tech sector. China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has stationed investigators within the offices of Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi for the duration of a security probe led by the Cyberspace Administration of China. This follows not long after China announced that the firm's main app would...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Rebecca Keller, Director of Analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical analysis team at RANE about the possibility of mandatory COVID vaccines. Europe is on track to reach herd immunity (with 70-80% of the adult population vaccinated) by the end of the year, even if booster shots may eventually be needed. Th...

In this episode of RANE's Insight podcast series, RANE's Executive Director of Safety and Security, Brian Lynch speaks with Keiran Carroll. Keiran Carroll is Chief of Staff at ZeroEyes, a weapons detection company used by educators, businesses, and others to help locate threats before they become violent. ZeroEyes software can be integrated into a firm's closed-circuit TV or other video management...