The Decision Advantage

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast on COVID-19, the talk turns to vaccinations, vaccinations, and the Delta variant. Across the country cases of COVID-19 are up, as well as hospitalization due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant. With many more rural parts of the country unvaccinated and vaccinations tapering off elsewhere, the United States has not reached herd immunity and Drs. Fr...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Senior Global Security Analyst, Ben West, discusses how criminals adapt to technology and why they often stay ahead of law enforcement. This podcast is based on our multi-part series on crime and technology: "Criminals have always been relatively quick to adopt new technology. From bootleggers assembling fleets of motorized v...

Heightened geopolitical risk has become a primary risk for global corporations. Uncertainty is driving economic and social volatility, even in previously stable regions, and a single event or shift in policy can have an outsized impact on your organization. In this episode of the Baker's Dozen podcast from RANE, host Rodger Baker speaks to Dr. Steven Smith, a professor at Florida Atlantic Universi...

In this Essential Geopolitics podcast, the topic is Lebanon. The country has been in crisis - both financially and socially for some time. What exactly is going on? Emily Hawthorne, Stratfor Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst at RANE, says that the governmental paralysis is compounding an event that outside watchers call deeply concerning for Lebanon and the region.  Stay informed with re...

In this episode on 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. They talk about vaccine efficacy against the Delta variant, news on Lambda, why people persist in...

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks to Sam Lichtenstein, who is Stratfor's director of global security analysts at RANE. The recent ransomware attack on Kaseya Ransomware compromised as many as 1,500 businesses around the world. Such attacks can cause business disruptions and financial damage. But, with hacking attacks on the rise, and...

According to the Pew Research Center, crime in the United States has fallen since the 1990's. But many Americans believe it's on the rise. Part of that is the rise in mass shootings and media coverage. But part may be down to ingrained behavior and beliefs - of individuals, communities, police, and politicians. Today’s podcast explores how communities and police can work together toward change. RA...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential geopolitics Podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue gets an update from Carmen Colosi. Colosi is a Stratfor Latin America analyst at RANE. She says both Chile and Peru are seeing far left-wing factions take a larger share of government. Peru recently chose a far-left candidate as president, and in Chile, a center-right government is about to undergo elections in...

In this RANE Insights on security with Brian Lynch podcast, the conversation turns to corporate espionage. There are a vast number of items any business needs to keep track of. But one on the list may be something owners or C-suite executives haven’t considered. That is corporate eavesdropping -- espionage, really - using hidden bugs, cameras, or other surveillance measures. If you are in business...

In this episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence gets a refresher on safely traveling in the U.S. and to other countries. This week, 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 explain why the US CDC pro...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Rebecca Keller, Director of Analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical analysis team at RANE. The ongoing megadrought in the western US and the recent heatwave in its Northwest have prompted concerns about new norms of climate change.  Keller talks about how these growing climate change risks will influenc...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we discuss China's new law designed to battle back against foreign sanctions. On June 10, China passed and implemented its Anti Foreign Sanctions Law. Although it is in effect, it is not yet clear what strategy China might use to fight back against foreign sanctions, import, and export restrictions it faces. Chase Blazek plac...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast, the conversation focuses on business culture, ethics, and effective compliance programs. The host is Greg Radner, Chief Marketing Officer at RANE. He speaks to Dr. Patricia Harned,  the Chief Executive Officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), America’s oldest nonprofit in the ethics & compliance industry. You can find out more about ECI at...

In this episode of the RANE Insights on Covid 19 podcast, RANE founder, David Lawrence speaks to 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. they discuss the rising number of cases in the Delta variant in the United States, why vaccine hes...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahues speaks to Evan Rees, Asia Pacific analyst for RANE. The Tokyo Olympics will go on in late July, despite Japan’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to hold the games got mixed reactions inside and outside the country. They also happen to be scheduled just before Japan’s internal party leadership...

His name has become almost synonymous with his country. And now, after 12 years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is out of power. And a new government is already making its presence felt. Ryan Bohl, Stratfor Middle East and North Africa analyst at RANE offers guidance on how the new government, burdened by deep ideological divisions, will struggle to find a path forward and respond to...

In this episode of the RANE insights on COVID 19 podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Dr.s Fred Southwick and Dr. Bill Lang about summer travel, the Delta variant of the virus, and what to expect come summer's end.  Individuals and organizations turn to RANE, for risk intelligence that cuts through the hype to focus on what they need to know, what to expect, and what to do. Are you a B...

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks to Michael Monderer, Stratfor senior analyst for global economics at RANE. This year, China began testing a digital currency. So far the experiments have seemed to be positive, which could put China in line to be the first country with a central bank-issued digital currency. Monderer explains what tha...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks to Barry Meier, a former New York Times reporter and author of 3 books. His work has helped raise awareness of the roots of the opioid epidemic at the hands of Purdue Pharma as well as cherry-picked information of drug trial findings and tell the story of Robert Levinson, an American held hostage in Iran accused of sp...

In this episode of the Stratfor Baker's Dozen podcast from RANE, host Rodger Baker speaks to  Michael Cunningham, a geopolitical analyst and “China watcher” who has assisted multinational companies manage and maneuver changes in China’s political, regulatory and security environment. The refocus on great power competition has brought about a surge of new analysis on China, focusing on the Belt and...

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks with Garrick Bell. Bell is Stratfor Security analyst at RANE. Over one June weekend in 2021, mass shootings in the United States left 6 people dead and nearly 40 others injured. That’s the kind of statistic that would have stopped Americans cold just 2 decades ago. These days, a headline like that bar...

In this episode of the Stratfor Essentail Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Sam Lichtenstein, who is Stratfor director of global security analysts at RANE. A joint sting operation managed by Australia and the U.S. netted hundreds of arrests of organized crime figures. Australia called it a watershed moment. Interpol described it as the "biggest ever law enforcement operation...

In this week's 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 the concerning nature of new variants and why they may overtake the "wild" strain tha...

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, powered by Stratfor, Emily Donahue speaks to Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor's Senior Europe Analyst at RANE. Slovenia will hold the rotating presidency of the European Union during the second half of 2021. The country has said that one of its priorities will be adding candidate countries in the Western Balkans to the EU. But this is a massive chal...

In this episode on 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, about his study on efficient vaccine distribution and new variants that are testing the effectiveness of the current vaccines.  Individuals and organizations turn to RANE, for risk intelligence that...