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In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl. How will a presidency under Joe Biden differ from US positions on global geopolitics under President Donald Trump? And how will relationships with Middle East nations, particularly Israel, change? To read all of RANE's security and geopolitical content, conside...

In today’s podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence catches up with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr Fred Southwick about the latest in vaccine news and reminders for best practices amid an uncontrolled spike in cases. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics....

The most recent flare up of the decades-old border tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh - as well as a recently negotiated - if problematic - peace agreement - is a prime example of how local competitions are growing more complex in a multi-polar world. In this episode of the the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Rodger Baker, Senior Vice President for Strategic Analys...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Middle East and North Africa analyst, Emily Hawthorne. The topic? The slow and consistent slide of the Turkish lira and President Erdogan's recent cabinet shakeup in response. Will it work? and why does it matter both inside and outside of Turkey? You can learn more about RANE's intelligence and forecasting on...

Despite GOP-backed challenges to US Presidential election results, Former Vice President Joe Biden is considered president-elect of the United States. In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue is joined by RANE's Senior Global analyst, Matthew Bey to discuss some of the geopolitical implications and changing relationships with both allies and competitors a Biden presidency wou...

U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order stating that China is exploiting US capital investments to fund its military growth and ambitions.  The order - which goes into effect in January 2021 - bans any transaction in publicly traded securities that the US finds could support the Chinese military industrial complex. In this podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Emi...

In this edition of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Evan Rees, Asia Pacific analyst for RANE Worldview. The student-led Thai protest movement recently rejected the government's offer to join a reconciliation committee. In response to the ongoing demonstrations, Thailand’s military-aligned government has sought to start a constitutional reform process. Will it wo...

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks with RANE's Senior analyst for Global Economics, Michael Monderer. In this last quarter of an economically eventful year - with markets and economies slowed in large part by COVID-19 - new lockdowns in Europe and even in parts of the US bring anticipated negative economic impacts. China looks to be the only country that...

In this podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence catches up with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr Fred Southwick about making safe plans for special events - from Halloween to Thanksgiving and year-end holiday traditions. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemic...

In today’s podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence catches up with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr Fred Southwick about making safe plans for special events - from Halloween to Thanksgiving and year-end holiday traditions.  Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pand...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Dr. Rebecca Keller, RANE's Senior Science and Technology Analyst, about the race for a COVID-19 vaccine. After nearly a year of global health and economic effects from the coronavirus pandemic, more experts are saying there could be a vaccine within a few months. The US may have one sooner, if President Trump...

In this edition of the RANE Insights on Security podcast with Brian Lynch, RANE founder David Lawrence asks Brian to discuss the elements of an overall holistic approach to violence prevention. Topics include threat management, creating teams and then team training. RANE assists clients with establishing and developing their workplace safety programs, as part of their "Duty to Care" for their empl...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast on COVID-19, RANE founder, David Lawrence catches up with Dr.  Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick about the COVID-19 uptick as well as best practices for holiday travel. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including p...

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks with Ben West, Senior Global Security Analyst. The topic: the murder of a French teacher for showing his class cartoons of the prophet Mohammed as the trial began in the 2015 attack against French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, for its publication of such cartoons. French police have arrested and detained at least 15 people li...

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast on COVID-19, RANE founder, David Lawrence catches up with Dr. Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick about the COVID-19 uptick as well as best practices for holiday travel. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pa...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Senior Europe analyst, Adriano Bosoni about the ongoing Brexit trade deal talks with the EU. While they may be stalled, RANE expects a deal by year's end. But that is just the first of several negotiations that the UK will have to undertake as it redefines its trade, security and other relationships around th...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with RANE analyst, Ryan Bohl about Israel's second COVID-19 lockdown and the reaction from citizens. You can read more of our comprehensive intelligence and forecasting on the geopolitics of Israel and the Middle East region - and keep ahead of what happens next --- with a subscription to RANE Worldview: https://w...

In this edition of the RANE Insights on Security podcast with Brian Lynch, RANE founder David Lawrence asks Brian Lynch to lay out the elements of an overall holistic approach to violence prevention. Topics include threat management, creating teams and then team training. RANE assists clients with establishing and developing their workplace safety programs, as part of their "Duty to Care" for thei...

In this episode of the Pen and Sword podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Vox Co-Founder Matthew Yglesias, who argues there’s a simple solution to level the geopolitical playing field with China: more Americans. Yglesias' new book ONE BILLION AMERICANS is a bold, provocative, and data-driven case for massive population growth and how the land, cities and infrastructure of the United States...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Sim Tack, Senior Global analyst for RANE. In recent weeks, there has been a flare-up in border tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh. While such flare ups are not unusual, this one was unusual in its intensity. Tack explains why the two countries continue to figh...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we have an open conversation about crossroads. In the next three weeks the Americas will experience three significant elections. The. U.S. presidential election, a referendum to decide whether Chile will draft a new Constitution and a general election in Bolivia to elect a new president and new congress. Emily Donahue spoke with RANE'...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, North Korea will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party on October 10th. There have been concerns raised of a North Korean “provocation” to coincide with the anniversary and perhaps influence on the U.S. elections. RANE's Senior Vice President for Strategic Analysis, Rodger Baker talks about what the world can...

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, US democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden recently wrote that if he were elected president, the United States would re-enter the JCPOA. That’s the agreement negotiated in 2015 to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions. President Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018. Host Emily Donahue Speaks to Matthew Bey, who is RANE's Senior Global...

In this episode of the Insights on COVID-19 podcast, a conversation about preparing ahead for leadership continuity and how education and communication are key to successfully preparing for a viral risk to your business. When news broke - from President Trump himself -  that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with the First Lady and several others with whom they had come into contact recen...

In this episode of the Insights on COVID-19 podcast, a conversation about preparing ahead for leadership continuity and how education and communication are key to successfully preparing for a viral risk to your business. When news broke - from President Trump himself - that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with the First Lady and several others with whom they had come into contact recent...