The Decision Advantage

In this episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang about why some European countries, including Germany, have halted the dispensation of the Astra Zeneca vaccine. They discuss whether that decision was based on science or politics. Plus: new data on how the US will reach herd immunity.  Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in p...

In an analysis for RANE Worldview in March, senior analyst for global economics at RANE, Michael Monderer, wrote that "China’s continued high rate of fiscal stimulus doesn’t match up with the narrative that its economy has recovered from the COVID-19 crisis." In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Monderer, who explains what it means that China’s an...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Ryan Bohl, Middle East and North Africa analyst at RANE.  The Yemen civil war has lasted more than 6 years. It has spawned political and humanitarian crises, crises so dire that the United Nations has warned that forty thousand children may die from starvation this year. Now, a battle over the resource-rich city of Mar...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Carmen Colosi, Latin American analyst at RANE. In February, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that he would seek to replace the CEO of state-owned petroleum company Petrobras. This is part of a larger - seemingly contradictory - series of changes on the horizon for Brazil’s energy sector. Sign Up f...

Many organizations spent most of 2020 reacting to travel bans and awaiting mandates from public health officials. Now, as we all continue to pick up the pieces from the pandemic, many organizations need to send essential travelers abroad. But they are faced with the challenges of navigating an extremely complex duty of care landscape with many questions left unanswered. To help answer these questi...

In the United States, as the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was released, and more doses became available more broadly, some governors announced an end to mask mandates. But was that wise? In today’s episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs Fred Southwick and Bill Lang about new developments in the fight against COVID-19. Dr. Bill Lang is an...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Rebecca Keller, Director of Analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical team at RANE. We have entered another news cycle where the United States and other countries are questioning the supply chains of rare earth elements. You seem, there are strategic vulnerabilities because China controls the majority of the world...

Welcome to Baker’s Dozen, a podcast series of monthly conversations about geopolitics from RANE. In this episode, host Rodger Baker speaks with Geoff Sloan, an Associate Professor at the University of Reading and the UK coordinator of the Mackinder Forum about the geopolitics of the United Kingdom, or UK. Brexit has challenged the European Union’s narrative of deeper integration as a model for fut...

In this episode of the Baker's Dozen podcast from RANE, host Rodger Baker discusses Pakistan’s geopolitical situation with Kamran Bokhari, Director of analytical Development at Newlines Institute, formerly the Center for Global Policy. Critical for any future solution in Afghanistan, Pakistan faces significant geopolitical challenges. Squeezed between Iran, Afghanistan, China and India, the countr...

In this episode of Baker's Dozen, a podcast series of monthly conversations about geopolitics from RANE, host Rodger Baker speaks with Lasha Kasradze, a Eurasia analyst who specializes in the Caucasus and holds a MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.  On November 9, 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a Russia-brokered deal that put an end to six weeks of fighting. A...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently accused a Stanford University researcher of hiding her connections to the Chinese People's Liberation Army and misleading U.S. investigators. The researcher, Chen Song, is just the latest example of U.S. counterintelligence efforts against China and people accused of selling U.S. trade secrets to China. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast fr...

In this episode of the RANE insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE founder, David Lawrence speaks with Drs Fred Southwick and Bill Lang, about the global death toll and the latest vaccine news. in the United States, more than half a million lives have been ended by COVID-19. Around the world, more than 2.5 million. Tragic milestones to be sure. And yet, on the horizon is the possibility that with new...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue catches up with Adriano Bosoni, Senior European analyst at RANE. No one expected the disengagement of the United Kingdom from the European Union, know as Brexit, to be simple. But the deal, reached at the very last moment at the end of 2020, has raised significant issues for the UK government. In recent weeks there have...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Palestinian general elections take place in 2021. A several months-long wave of  legislative, presidential and council elections through the summer. The elections are garnering global attention. But why do they matter? Tune in to see why. Stay up to date on RANE's analysis and intelligence. Sign up for our free newsletter today!

In this episode of the RANE Insights on Security podcast, our host, RANE’s Executive Director of Safety and Security, Brian Lynch, speaks with Peter Warmka, a former senior intelligence officer with the CIA, and expert in clandestine human intelligence collection. His new book, "Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking," was published in February 2021. The conversation looks at threats o...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast series on COVID-19, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Dr. Fred Southwick and Dr. Bill Lang about how stricter mask mandates, smaller gatherings and cold weather contributed to lower new COVID-19 cases this week. But doctors are still concerned about contagious new variants - and the rate of vaccine distribution.  Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in publ...

Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is seeking to retain power and influence through a new constitutional reform process while also signaling that he will seek Russian support, a strategy that will probably revive anti-government protests and risk escalating into a standoff between Russia and the West. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with...

Many organizations spent most of 2020 reacting to travel bans and awaiting mandates from public health officials. Now, as businesses continue to pick up the pieces from the pandemic, many organizations need to send essential travelers abroad. But they are faced with the challenges of navigating an extremely complex duty of care landscape with many questions left unanswered. To help answer these qu...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Stratfor's global security analyst, Thomas Abi-Hanna.  When you think of a military drone, do you think of the big, sleek silent remote controlled planes used for intel gathering and bomb runs? What about those tiny drones, individuals use to get aerial pictures. Or the toy drones that kids play with? Clearly...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Matthew Bey, RANE's senior global analyst. Both China and the United Arab Emirates have successfully launched missions to Mars ---- and NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission is set to touch down February 18, 2021. The red planet has been the subject of countless sci-fi stories and the focus of intense geopolitical c...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Michael Monderer, Stratfor’s senior analyst for global economics. After a dismal 2020, the global economy seems prepped for at least some growth in 2021 - barring any major unforeseen events. How well will it recover and which countries will benefit? 

There’s a lot to talk about in this week’s episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, from the availability of vaccines, to staying safe (that means no big gatherings on Super Bowl Sunday) through the Spring. RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics. Dr Fred S...

In this podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks with Robert Knake, a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who also served as director for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council. They talk about new revelations about the SolarWinds breach, lessons learned and processes that must change to ensure digital information is protected. RANE is a risk intelligence company that pro...

There’s a lot to talk about in this week’s episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, from the availability of vaccines, to staying safe (that means no big gatherings on Super Bowl Sunday) through the Spring. RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics. Dr Fred S...

In this podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks with Robert Knake, a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who also served as director for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council. They talk about new revelations about the SolarWinds breach, lessons learned and processes that must change to ensure digital information is protected.  RANE is a risk intelligence company that pr...