Rosa Freedman is the inaugural Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. She received her LLB, LLM and PhD from the University of London, and is a non-practising barrister and member of theHonourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Freedman’s research focuses on the UN and human rights. She has published extensively on UN human rights bodies and systems, and on UN peacekeeping and accountability for human rights abuses. Her published work includes three monographs, five co-edited collections, and articles in the leading international law journals, as well as policy reports commissioned by national and regional bodies and parliaments. She is a visiting fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. Freedman has served as a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Civil Society Advisory Board on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, a Specialist Adviser on safeguarding to the UK government International Development Committee, and currently sits on a UK FCDO Steering Committee.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk. 

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The conflict between Israel and Lebanon is not new. Here, the recent developments between Israel and Lebanon are discussed with Rabbi Poupko. We delve into Hezbollah and its relation to Lebanon as well as how citizens and businesses can equip themselves regarding the escalation between Israel and Lebanon at their border.

Rabbi Elchanan Poupko is an eleventh-generation rabbi, the founding editor of The Lamdan (which is the Wilf Campus Torah Journal) and he is the  President of EITAN. Moreover, he is part of the American Israeli Jewish Network, and has been an outspoken supporter of bipartisanship and a strong supporter of the state of Israel. Rabbi Poupko has written dozens of publications on matters relating to politics, religion, and Israel. He holds Master’s degree in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University, and is also a member of the Rabbinical Council of America.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk.

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Misinformation, often referred to as false or inaccurate information, has become a prevalent issue in the digital age. With the rapid growth of social media platforms and the easy access to information online, misinformation can spread quickly and widely, influencing public opinion, shaping beliefs, and even impacting important societal decisions. Misinformation can take various forms, including fabricated news stories, manipulated images or videos, misleading statistics, and deceptive narratives. It can originate from various sources, including individuals, organisations, or even state actors with specific agendas. The consequences of misinformation can be far-reaching, leading to confusion, mistrust, polarisation, and sometimes even harm to individuals or communities. As such, combating misinformation has become a significant challenge for governments, tech companies, media organisations, and individuals alike, requiring a multi-faceted approach that involves fact-checking, media literacy education, and responsible online behaviour.  

Misinformation is not just an issue for the here and now; in its current form, the actions taken as a result of trust in misinformation, or public disinformation campaigns can pose significant risks to society and the political landscape as we know it. To help us unpack these risks, we are privileged to be joined by Professor Stephan Lewandowsky. 

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky is a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol whose main interest is in the pressure points between the architecture of online information technologies and human cognition, and the consequences for democracy that arise from those pressure points. 

His research examines the consequences of the clash between social media architectures and human cognition, for example by researching countermeasures to the persistence of misinformation and spread of “fake news” in society, including conspiracy theories, and how platform algorithms may contribute to the prevalence of misinformation.  

He is also interested in the variables that determine whether or not people accept scientific evidence, for example surrounding vaccinations or climate science.His research is currently funded by the European Research Council, the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the UK research agency (UKRI, through Centre of Excellence REPHRAIN), the Volkswagen Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation (via Wake Forest University’s “Honesty Project”), Google’s Jigsaw, and by the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC) Mercury Project. 

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Our guest this week is Sarah Sinclair.  She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Change Gap., Sarah joins us on the podcast today with over 20 years of diverse experience in the financial services sector with time at HSBC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Nationwide Building Society Aldermore, HBOS) and investment management (ex Schroders and GAM) to insurance (Prudential UK, Legal & General and Beazley).   

With many years of helping individual firms, and observing ‘widening gaps’ between business need, regulation and technology, she felt compelled to convert this experience into a purpose-led business, with a mission set to achieve far greater impact. A natural drive to listen and understand, with a strong sense of empathy, she quietly turns stones to find better, fairer ways, refusing to settle for ‘half-baked’. If you want to learn more about how Change Gap could help your business or you want to know more about our industry collaborations, you can find out more here

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Our guest this week is Tim Alper.  He is a British journalist and regular contributor to Cryptonews.com. He covers crypto and blockain-related news on a daily basis and also writes in-depth features about the latest trends in the crypto and block-chain sectors. He has over a decade and a half of media experience and has written for the BBC, the Guardian, the Times of Israel, and many other media outlets covering tech, business, industry and a range of other fields. He has also collaborated on major media projects with the likes of Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Accenture. He has co-authored five books on tech and other subjects

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Our guest this week is Katy Giffin. Katy is a data-driven analyst and researcher currently working at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Katy is motivated by the belief that relevant reporting and information sharing is the key to improving humanitarian activities and minimising risks to displaced populations. She has expertise in southern and central Asia with a keen interest in the nexus between human rights and humanitarian needs.

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Our guest this week is Nikhil Nandagopal. Nikhil's experience includes building out a logistics operation for India’s largest e-commerce company, helped a travel company grow to 5 million users, and worked to scale a food service’s daily deliveries from 50 to 50,000 deliveries per day within two years.  

Nikhil wanted to put his software development expertise to use, so he and two co-founders created Appsmith. Today, Appsmith is used by over 1,000 teams, employs people in eight countries, and has raised over $10 million in capital. 

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It is inevitable. Crisis.  Every organization is going to face a significant crisis and many more minor incidents in the near future. This is why having a crisis management plan, that is understood, tested, and rehearsed is crucial.  Supply costs can skyrocket – your supplier in Turkey is raising costs beyond what you can afford because inflation in Turkey is at 38 percent, Your key supplier of cement in Russia refuses to cell to you because of your construction contracts, you suffer a major lawsuit, or a data breach. All of these problems can put your business plan at risk. If the issue or incident is beyond the scope and capacity of business continuity systems, then you have a crisis. 

Today we are joined by Anders Bennstrom, who is one of Sweden’s most well-known crisis management advisors.  Anders is currently a senior consultant with 2Secure, one of Europe’s leading risk and crisis management companies in Europe.  Before joining 2Secure, Anders worked with the Swedish foritifactions agency, and before that as a crisis management and emergency preparedness manager with a large multinational company. 

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Our guest this week is Amanda Cohen. Amanda knows that you can’t succeed in life or business without taking risks. That’s why she’s devoted her life to understanding the international risks thataffect businesses every day.  

As the director of governance, risk and compliance products
at Resolver, the worldwide leader in risk and security management
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organizations think about their relationship with risk. 

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Tensions between China and Taiwan, alongside the consequent risks, are nothing new.  However, as war begins unfolding in Eastern Europe and Washington inevitably diverts its attentions from Southeast Asia, now more than ever it is crucial to understand how relations between Taiwan and China could affect global supply chains, proliferate risk in the region, and affect the cost-benefit calculations of companies operating in the area

To help us detangle the situation, we are joined by Ryan Hass. Ryan  is currently  a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, in addition to a nonresident affiliated fellow at Yale Law School. Ryan has an impressive career in foreign policy, having previously served as Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council, where he advised President Obama and senior White House officials on aspects of US foreign policy in the Taiwan Strait. With rising tensions between China and Taiwan, today’s conversation with Ryan is particularly timely.

If you would like to learn more about Ryan and his work, you can read more about his work with Brookings here or access his most recent book 'Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence' here.

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The situation in Ukraine is concerning.  Months of diplomacy have failed to resolve the crisis and the risk of geopolitical mistakes and military intervention is increasing.  Tensions over the Ukraine-Russia crisis have been simmering for more than two months, with diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue showing little sign of progress. 

Today we are joined by Lukas Onderchanin.  Dominic was recently in eastern Ukraine and will speak with Lukas who was also recently in Ukraine, about his experiences. Lukas is a foreign news journalist working for Solvak Daily News SME.  He focuses on Central and Eastern Europe.  Lukas recently returned from Ukraine, where he spent time in Kiev and Kharkiv, to hear more from the average Ukrainian as tensions increase along the border with Russia. 

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Brian O’ Donoghue is based in Cork in Ireland and currently works as Head of Risk & Compliance at valid8me.com. Brian has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector, more recently in the Risk, Compliance, Regulatory area and has also been an auditor, accountant, banker, and commercial property lender. He has worked for the Irish Government, as well as companies including PwC, Powertel, Citi, Anglo Irish Bank, BlackBee Investments, and Matchbook.

You can learn more about Brian here: www.linkedin.com/in/brianjodonoghue  

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Roberto Kraenkel holds a PhD degree in Physics and is a full-time professor at the São Paulo State University in Brazil. His research focuses on mathematical modeling in Ecology and Epidemiology. He has published over 100 articles over the last thirty years. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he has played a pivotal role in establishing one of the most respected Brazilian groups working on several aspects of the epidemic, The Brazilian Covid-19 Observatory. 

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The UN estimated there to be around 110 million displaced people worldwide; among these are around 36.4 million refugees. We are currently in the midst of a refugee crisis, spurred on by a rising number of people fleeing persecution, violence, and human rights violations caused by the negative effects of climate change and disasters need international protection. In 2022, 84% of refugees and asylum seekers fled nations particularly vulnerable to climate change, compared to only 61% in 2010. According to the UNHCR, 76 per cent of the world's refugees and others in need of international protection are housed by low- and middle-income countries, particularly countries that neighbour those where the refugees are from. The risks facing refugees are vast, from being displaced in some cases for years at a time, to facing rampant discrimination when seeking safety in another country; and yet we do not get the full picture through the news. In order to help us unpack this vast topic, we are thrilled to be joined by Lori Wilkison. 

Lori Wilkinson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba. Her research centres on the economic and social outcomes of immigrants and refugees, with a special focus on women and youth. Her current projects include a national study of the pandemic arrival experiences of Afghan refugees, gender-based violence and newcomer women in Canada, international students and their perceptions of university and life in Canada, and the pandemic outcomes of Indigenous peoples and newcomers in Canada, USA and Mexico. She currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Migration Futures. In 2023, she was awarded Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba. For over a decade, she has served as the director of Immigration Research West, a multidisciplinary group of over 100 members who work together to educate Canadians about the contributions of newcomers. She volunteers with several international, national and local community organisations who are working toward the successful resettlement of newcomers. 

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Chito is an 18-year old climate activist from the Philippines. He is currently taking up a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He is also the North-Central Luzon Regional Coordinator of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) and the President of the Abacan River and Angeles Watershed Youth Council Inc. (ARAW Youth).

As a youth climate activist, he has participated in the 3rd National Climate Change Conference last 2019 as a student presenter. He recently attended the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference or COP26 as a member of Fridays for Future MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas). His advocacy is to call for the protection of watersheds in the country and climate justice for all. He also advocates for climate education in order to inform the youth on the severity of the climate crisis.

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- YACAP Website: http://yacap.org/
- YACAP N+CL Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yacapncl/
- ARAW Youth Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/arawaci/

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Today Fernanda Alvarez is interviewing Dominic Bowen, and they are discussing risk assessments, escalating geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia, and energy disputes.

Dominic is an experienced leader and risk professional. With 20 years’ experience specialising in operational resilience and risk management, he leads and manages global risk-remediation across various industries and sectors. He has helped teams around the world plan for and respond to high-impact events, including cross-border crises, change management, natural disasters, and geopolitical turmoil. He has successfully supported countless organisations design and implement operational resilience programs and enterprise risk management frameworks.

Dominic has extensive international experience establishing high quality operational systems and structures in Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Philippines, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Haiti, Liberia, and Nepal.  Dominic is extremely well-versed in risk controls, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements.

Dominic has a Diploma in Public Safety, a Diploma in Security and Risk Management, a Diploma of Management, a Master's Degree in International Relations, and currently finalizing a Master of International Law.  Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn.

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Russo-Ukrainian geopolitical tensions have been monopolizing news headlines as reports point to an imminent invasion reminiscent of the 2014 occupation of Crimea. However, there's a lot more than what originally meets the eye, in terms of the economic, risk, ideological and diplomatic implications of recent developments. To untangle the complexities of the situation, we are joined by Taras Kuzio, who is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohlya Academy. He is a prolific author having published over 22 books and 130 scholarly articles, including "Putin's War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime" and his most recent publication "Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War". He has made numerous media appearances due to his expertise on Eastern European affairs.

You can read Taras's new book "Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War" here: https://www.routledge.com/Russian-Nationalism-and-the-Russian-Ukrainian-War/Kuzio/p/book/9781032043173 and learn more about the Henry Jackson Society here: https://henryjacksonsociety.org/

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Nicaragua's elections held on November 7 rung alarm bells for political analysts that focus on Central America, as Ortega's hyperbolic electoral win pointed to his continued encroachment on democratic freedoms and institutions in the country. To dissect the implications of these elections we are joined by Tiziano Breda, Central America Analyst for the International Crisis Group. He conducts extensive field research, provides analysis, and proposes policy initiatives to relevant governmental, international and non-governmental actors to address key issues linked to violent crime, migration and political instability in the Central American region. Tiziano joined Crisis Group in April 2017, first as an intern and then as EU Advocacy & Research Assistant in the Bogotá office. He previously wrote for different online magazines, mainly regarding European and Latin American affairs. 

You can read more about the International Crisis Group here: http://www.crisisgroup.org/

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For two decades, Colin has shaped the risk management model for journalists operating under threat. He is a Director at HP Risk Management, a consultancy assisting companies and media organisations operating in fragile environments. In 2020, he launched RiskPal, a software as a service platform focusing on streamlining risk assessment. Previously he was head of security for ITN and Deputy Head of BBC High Risk Team. Pereira has advised teams of journalists covering wars, natural disasters, terrorism and riots globally, and has worked on high risk investigations. He also was an award winning journalist for BBC Newsnight and BBC Current Affairs.

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Scott Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, a 48-year-old, New Jersey-based provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. He is the author of three best-selling security books: Hacked Again, Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business, and Senior Cyber. Scott is a highly sought-after author and expert for live security events, media appearances, and commentary on the topics of ransomware, wireless threats, drone surveillance and hacking, cybersecurity for consumers, and small business. He is often seen on ABC News, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera America, CBS This Morning News, CNN, Fox Business, and many more networks. Scott also serves as the CSO and Chief Media Commentator for Cybersecurity Ventures and sits on several cyber advisory boards for various companies.

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Anja Shortland  is a Professor of Political Economy at King’s College, London. Her teaching is on the economics of crime and she researches the world’s trickiest trades: the resolution of hostage crises and piracy incidents, stolen and looted art, and ransomware. She is particularly interested in the role of insurers in helping crime victims to conduct business transactions across the ragged edge between the legal economy and the economic underworld. Her 2019 book "Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business" studies how the market for hostages functions, while her recent book "Lost Art" analyses how people resolve competing ownership claims over valuable artworks. You can read more about Anja Shortland at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/anja-shortland-1

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Today is Harriet Tyler's second interview with Dominic Bowen, and they are discussing risk, climate change, diversity, and risk awareness.

Dominic is an experienced leader and risk professional. With 20 years’ experience specialising in operational resilience and risk management, he leads and manages global risk-remediation across various industries and sectors. He has helped teams around the world plan for and respond to high-impact events, including cross-border crises, change management, natural disasters, and geopolitical turmoil. He has successfully supported countless organisations design and implement operational resilience programs and enterprise risk management frameworks.

Dominic has extensive international experience establishing high quality operational systems and structures in Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Philippines, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Haiti, Liberia, and Nepal.  Dominic is extremely well-versed in risk controls, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements.

Dominic has a Diploma in Public Safety, a Diploma in Security and Risk Management, a Diploma of Management, a Master's Degree in International Relations, and currently finalizing a Master of International Law.  Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn.

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Today Harriet Tyler is interviewing Dominic Bowen, and they are discussing risk assessments, China, the USA, and transparency in the workplace.

Dominic is an experienced leader and risk professional. With 20 years’ experience specialising in operational resilience and risk management, he leads and manages global risk-remediation across various industries and sectors. He has helped teams around the world plan for and respond to high-impact events, including cross-border crises, change management, natural disasters, and geopolitical turmoil. He has successfully supported countless organisations design and implement operational resilience programs and enterprise risk management frameworks.

Dominic has extensive international experience establishing high quality operational systems and structures in Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Philippines, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Haiti, Liberia, and Nepal.  Dominic is extremely well-versed in risk controls, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements.

Dominic has a Diploma in Public Safety, a Diploma in Security and Risk Management, a Diploma of Management, a Master's Degree in International Relations, and currently finalizing a Master of International Law.  Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn.

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At the International Risk Podcast we strive to uncover the different facets of the world of risk we find ourselves in. But these risks do not occur in a vacuum. Today we are in a permacrisis, and year after year we hear about how the climate crisis is tightening its grip on the earth’s natural resources, and threatens the balance of the natural world. Similarly, both new and long-existing conflicts all over the world negatively affect geopolitics, and all over the world, both governments and civilians find themselves more and more at risk of economic decline.

The interconnectedness of the modern world means that these crisis are again not isolated. Some of these factors have contributed to an increasing number of people seeking refuge in other countries. According to the UNHCR, More than 114 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. We are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. To discuss the international risks associated with the refugee crisis, we are thrilled to be joined by Petra Molnar.

Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specialising in migration and human rights. Petra has worked all over the world including Jordan, Turkey, Philippines, Kenya, Colombia, US/Mexico, Canada, Palestine, and various parts of Europe. She is the co-creator of the Migration and Technology Monitor, a collective of civil society, journalists, academics, and filmmakers interrogating technological experiments on people crossing borders. She co-directs the Refugee Law Lab at York University and is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Petra’s first book, The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in The Age of Artificial Intelligence, is published with The New Press in 2024.

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Today we are joined by two guests.  The first is Ramón Ruti from Storyzy.  He has a computer engineering background and more than 15 years of experience in leading, directing, and managing international cyber risk management projects. He is one of the cofounders of Storyzy, where he leads and supervises the technical team.  Storyzy is a French start-up founded in 2012 that developed an OSINT platform that enables analysts to detect and analyze hybrid threats such as disinformation operations and other risks to governments and businesses.  www.storyzy.com

Our second guest today is Ardian Shajkovci, who is a counter-terrorism researcher, lecturer and security analyst, with research in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Western Europe, the Balkans, Kenya, Somalia and Central Asia. Ardian is the co-founder and director of the American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI), a US-based research institute focused on studying translation left-wing, right-wing, and militant jihadi forms of political violence. He has a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration and is a lecturer at Nichols College Master of Science in Counterterrorism program and other universities.   American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI)

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Josephine Wolff is an associate professor of cybersecurity policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  Her book "You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches" was published by MIT Press in 2018. Her writing on cybersecurity has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Wired.

You can read more about Josephine Wolff at https://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/josephine-wolff 

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Robert Kabera is originally from Rwanda, where he and his family lived through the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. He and his family spent six years in refugee camps after the genocide, often without any electricity. Robert went on to study at  Stanford University, and then he founded the credit rating agency Credimarks, with the objective of helping to extend credit into traditionally underserved markets. Robert has also helped over 50 energy companies in nine countries provide energy to people previously living without electricity. In 2018 Robert was added to the Forbes Under 30 List in the Energy Sector.

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Today we are joined by Paul Green who is a commercial airline pilot and founder of The Cockpit Method. Paul founded his own coaching and consultancy business during lockdown after being made redundant from his ‘dream job’, with one simple goal, to help others improve their resilience using the decade's of risk management experience he has built up in the cockpit of commercial airlines. 

Paul has been featured in national and international press, including BBC News, The Sunday Times and The Financial Times.

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Today we are joined by Lisa Reilly from the Global Interagency Security Forum. GISF is a member-led NGO forum that drives change through our global network of over 125 member organisations.  Focused on positively influencing security risk management practice that improves employees internationally, and increases operational effectiveness.

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Today we are joined by Paul Katsoff.  For over a decade Paul has worked with technology companies seeking manageable growth and brand loyalty. He has managed software development, support and sales.  Paul's career has ranged from being an integral part of a new business start-up team, to becoming a key driver in the business enabling it to become both sustainable and profitable.   Today, Paul is the CEO of White Canyon Software.

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Today we are joined by Allan Wind.  Allan is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer from the US Agency for International Development, often referred to as USAID.  Allan worked with USAID on assignments between 1990 to 2019 in Peru, Nicaragua, Angola, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan and South Africa. He provided oversight to US Government foreign aid development and humanitarian assistance, and supported US Ambassadors as part of the Embassy Country Teams. In South Africa Allan helped establish the Southern Africa Regional Leadership Center as part of President Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative and contributed to other youth development efforts and business incubators.

His recent book has been a best-seller on Amazon and is available in paperback and ebook.  You can find the book Andean Adventures: An Unexpected Search for Meaning, Purpose and Discovery Across Three Countries online at Amazon.

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Gordon Janow is a founding member of Alpine Ascents International, an organisation with 35 years of experience supporting climbers and mountaineers.  And this year alone, Alpine Ascents will be leading 30 expeditions.  Gordon is a long traveller, with a keen interest in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.  His most recently pioneering took him to India on a remote trip to Arunachal Pradesh. 

Gordan has a keen interest in business ethics, operational systems, and marketing.  He is also part of the Education Staff at the Adventure Tourist Travel Association where he leads travel development in developing markets.  See more about Alpine Ascents here:

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Today we are joined by Garry Pratt.  Garry is the founder of ed-tech innovator, Teachit.  He started his career in advertising and publishing. He has entrepreneurship running in his veins and has started, scaled and successfully exited several ventures.  Garry remains a director and chair of a number of innovative businesses.  He is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Bath supporting founders of high-growth potential start-ups and scale-ups.

Part entrepreneur, part academic, part management consultant, Garry also has a deep interest in archaeology and the outdoors.  He is a man who calls the outdoors his ‘office’ and has recently said that a desk is a dangerous place to see the world from.  Garry  leads executives and teams on journeys and retreats with www.walkingleaders.co.uk

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Since leaving the UK Civil Service in the late 1990s for a volunteer placement in rural China, David has worked for different NGOs as a Trainer, Programme Manager, Country Director, Global Security Advisor and most recently as Director of Safety, Operations & Governance.  David leads Raleigh International's safety, medical, safeguarding, governance and training teams, and supports Raleigh’s Country Directors and the charity’s Trustees.  

David also chairs the UK INGO Security Focal Point Network. Be sure to contact him if you want to join this valuable network.  Based on their wide experience of running diverse programmes in a range of risk environments across the world, David and his wife Helen also run their own independent Security and Risk consultancy – DH Clamp Consulting Ltd.   

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It has been nearly six months since Israel began its campaign to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, following the horrific terrorist attack on October 7th. Today, Ben Lawson, intern at the International Risk Podcast is joined by Dominic Bowen, the host of the podcast to discuss some of the new developments in the conflict, as well as some of the key risks coming out of the region. Join us for this special edition of the International Risk Podcast as we discuss a range of topics including Israel-US relations, the ongoing humanitarian crisis,  the threat of Iranian involvement in the conflict  and the recent call to ban Al-Jazeera from Israel. 

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Kelsey Hoppe is the Chief Executive of Safer Edge, a risk management company, specialising in equitable security – making security accessible, inclusive and appropriately diverse. Safer Edge provides learning and risk management services to organisations who work in challenging environments – whether that is across the street or around the world. Kelsey brings an innovative perspective to the world of security believing that organisational security and the security of the individual are inextricably linked. All safety and security must therefore be intersectional and use a collaborative approach to succeed.
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Today's guest is Janie Van Hool.  She is an author, speaker, facilitator and teacher in the art of brilliant communication. She supports business leaders to connect with and inspire their people.  Janie focuses on practical ideas, tools and encouragement that create confidence, enable impactful change and shape inclusive, listening cultures. She has supported and advised leaders in a wide range of industries from banking, telecoms and financial services to retail, pharmaceuticals and consulting.  Janie's book - The Listening Shift - draws on the learning and experiences she gained as a classical actress, a voice teacher (she has an MA in Voice Studies), from her research into Performance Psychology at Edinburgh University and from her years volunteering as a listener for Samaritans in the UK.  See more at www.voicepresence.co.uk 

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Today's guest is Jeff Da Costa.  He is a PhD researcher in Hydrometeorology at the University of Reading in the UK and a PhD Fellow at RSS-Hydro in Luxembourg.   Jeff's research focuses on investigating the validity of linear solutions to complex risks.  Today, Dominic and Jeff discuss the recent flooding in Europe that killed nearly 200 people and the risks of not effectively adapting to the consequences of increasing severe weather events under climate change and what can be done to prepare for them and mitigate their impact, specifically early warning systems and adaptation to hydrometeorological hazards.   Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn

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Today's guest is Joanne St Louis. She speaks with us about the situation in Haiti just after this week's devastating earthquake, as well as the recent assassination of the Haitian President, Covid, high levels of gang violence, and an approaching tropic storm!

Joanne is an experienced Health Program Manager with 18 years contributing to community sustainable development in Haiti. She holds a Medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of State University of Haiti and a bachelor’s degree in public health and Health Promotion in Developing Countries from the School of Public Health of Nancy (France).

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Today's guest is Nathan Mullins and he is joining us to discuss evolving events in Afghanistan.  Nathan has international and domestic experience in management and resourcing of operations in unstable, difficult environments in contested areas and difficult, austere circumstances. My background is in military special operations, policing, commercial and humanitarian access and security and I’ve worked on behalf of private/commercial clients, governments, the United Nations and individuals in some of the world’s most difficult locations.  You can see Nathan's book about his time in Afghanistan here Keep Your Head Down - Nathan Mullins - 9781742377940 - Allen & Unwin - Australia (allenandunwin.com)

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Zeynep Alemdar is professor of Political Science and International Relations at Okan University, Istanbul, where she also acts as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences and the Gender Studies Research Center.

She has extensive experience in promoting gender equality in Turkey, working with public and private actors; international organizations including  UNWomen, World Bank, and the European Union and civil society groups. She has conducted research, devised strategies, composed and conducted trainings for improving women’s equal participation in various areas and sectors. She is the founder and director of the Women in Foreign Policy, an initiative to increase women’s voices in foreign policy making in Turkey.  Read more here about Zeynep and her colleagues at Founders – Women in Foreign Policy (wfp14.org)

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Mark Elliott currently works as founder and CEO of Comar Cyber a human factors cyber security training and consulting company that offers training at the intersection of cyber operations, human intelligence, and counterintelligence.  Prior to that, he served as a career CIA Case Officer specializing in human intelligence (HUMINT) collection and cyber operations in various locations. Early in his career he served as a State Department Foreign Service Officer, and later as a tech entrepreneur during the first dot-com bubble.  

Mark has over two decades of experience assessing and mitigating risk in international cyber and intelligence operations.  He has served at the operator and manager level leading staff in international security and cyber defense operations in high-threat and austere overseas environments.  He has worked across human & technical intelligence, military, and law enforcement disciplines. Mark has training and experience in identifying and countering nation-state cyber threats to protect enterprise and operational systems. During his career he worked to improve national level security for foreign partners in Europe and South Asia and Latin America. 

Some great books on Cyber Risks and Information Security discussed on The International Risk Podcast today include:

"You'll See This Message When It's Too Late" https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/youll-see-message-when-it-too-late

 "How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk" https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/cybersecurity/

 Free Resources on Cybersecurity: https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity

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Frank Versteegh has been an Airshow and Red Bull Air Race pilot and with over 43 years of aviation experience this legend offers a wide range of services to individuals and corporations.  He has flown more than 180 types of aircrafts and flew more than 1450 airshows in 40 countries. As one of the very few selected pilots he flew under the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam and under the Chainbridge in Budapest. He has raced from all the 4 corners of the globe including races in Rio de Janeiro, Abu Dhabi, The Golden Horn in Istanbul, and in the Navajo territory in Monument Valley.

Frank is a perfectionist filled with passion and devotion and he has a great sense of humor. His fellow pilots describe him as ‘precise, intense and generous in his breadth of knowledge’.  Nowadays Frank shares  his experience with young flight instructors in Africa and speaking at corporate events as a keynote speaker.

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Ron Worley is a successful business owner, real estate investor, mentor, and self-made millionaire who follows his own code, The Worley Way. He is a proud dad and husband living in Colorado. He refused to accept his early situation and took action that lead to a life-changing reality. His ability to understand the environment, measure risk, and turn uncertainty into opportunity has made him millions of dollars.

Ron is also a podcast host, Sons of Ditches, which you can listen to on Spotify.  And his successful book from Ditches to Riches.  Read more about Ron and his book here: Home - Ron Worley and on Instagram @ronaldlworleyii

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This week, we revisit two earlier conversations with Jo De Serrano, CEO of RedR UK, and Dr Hani Taleb, CEO of Relief Experts Association in Syria, and discuss the different ways they are managing risks and operations in the UK and Syria.

Read more about Relief Experts Association https://reliefexperts.org 

Read more about RedR UK https://redr.org.uk

Join us next week for a brand new episode and the launch of season two of The International Risk Podcast!

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One of the key actions companies of all sizes have to take is to ensure that their cybersecurity is constantly up to date; but for many, the true scale of the risks surrounding poor cybersecurity remain largely unknown;

so to help us unpack the risks and opportunities associated with cybersecurity, we are thrilled to be joined by Steve Orrin.

Steve Orrin is Intel’s Federal CTO and a Senior Principal Engineer.Steve is a cybersecurity expert, and a leading authority on Public Sector/Federal mission and enterprise systems and solutions. He is the Intel representative to on security standards and guidance and has contributed to several NIST standards and guidance publications. He is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies and the chair of the Int Nat SseA alliance Cyber Committee. 

Links to some of the resources Steve mentions in this episode can be found here:

NIST SP 800-207 - Zero Trust Architecture

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-207.pdf

NIST Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture - Practice Guide (Vol A-E)

https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/implementing-zero-trust-architecture

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers - Part 1

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/17/2003116445/-1/-1/0/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_CUSTOMER.PDF

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain: Recommended Practices for Software Bill of Materials Consumption - Part 2

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Nov/09/2003338086/-1/-1/0/SECURING%20THE%20SOFTWARE%20SUPPLY%20CHAIN%20RECOMMENDED%20PRACTICES%20FOR%20SOFTWARE%20BILL%20OF%20MATERIALS%20CONSUMPTION.PDF

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David Raviv developed his thirst for technology while in the Air Force, as a drone pilot. Later, David emigrated to Canada where he pursued his undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and his master’s in business administration.  David has also had CISSP certifications since 2001. After moving again, and settling down in the US, David has been instrumental in transforming numerous technology start ups such as ProofPoint, Optiv, & HYPR. 

In 2013 David founded the New York Information Security Meetup, the largest independent information security group in the USA hosting over 85 live events in NYC. The group now has over 5500 active members. As the world turns, David is focused on sharing intelligence with like minded experts via his "fireside chats" in the technology industry.   David is also employed as the General Manager Americas for Findings.co a company that distributes third party supply chain compliance and risk verification software.

You can find and meet with David on LinkedIn.

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Founder at Pitch It, the gateway to the start-up world. Daniel brings together founders, mentors, and investors from all parts of the world to share ideas about business, risk, and entrepreneurialism . Pitch It is a platform and media source that focuses on helping all players in the start-up ecosystem connect around world- changing ideas and bringing them to life.

At his core, Daniel, has a fire for technology, the betterment of humanity, and fun! Daniel started his first business at age 22, cutting his teeth as a people-first operations leader on tech-forward projects at companies such as Uber and Lime and is currently a consult on autonomous vehicles at Toyota. Daniel believes that life's most important mission is bringing greatness out of oneself and as many people as possible on this journey. His goal- to light as many inner fires in other people as possible!

You can connect with Daniel at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcbracken

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Keith is Chair of Samaritans in the UK & Ireland and Chair of Mental Health At Work.  Keith’s executive career was with Shell 1982-93 where he held a series of general manager roles in the UK, New Zealand, Sweden and Cyprus. He then joined the consulting firm McKinsey 1993-2006 where, as a partner, he served energy companies and government agencies on issues of strategy and operations. He moved to Deloitte 2006-17 as a partner and he served clients in Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East, focusing on government in the fields of defence, tax, health and transport. 

Keith has led a series of charities and is committed to working to promote mentally-healthy workplaces. He was Chair at BuildAfrica 2010-15, the Mental Health Foundation 2014-20 and now Samaritans and Mental Health At Work. His wife is a NHS psychotherapist and his younger son is a NHS doctor who ran a COVID ICU through both waves.

Keith is the author of A Question of Leadership – leading organizational change in times of crisis (Bloomsbury 2021) and he regularly publishes and speaks at conferences on leadership, major projects and mental health.  Buy Keith's book at A Question of Leadership: Leading Organizational Change in Times of Crisis: Keith Leslie: Bloomsbury Business

Keith grew up in Kirkcaldy, Scotland and graduated with first class honours in law from the University of Edinburgh, where he was elected President of the Students Association. He then took an MBA summa cum laude at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Read the latest article on The International Risk Podcast about risk, healthy work places and mental health Creating mentally healthy workplaces – The International Risk Podcast

For 25 percent off and to send the profit to Samaritans from ‘A Question of Leadership - leading organisational change in times of crisis’ by Keith Leslie (Bloomsbury 2021) use discount code LEADERSHIP2021 at www.bloomsbury.com/aquestionofleadership

The Deloitte report is ‘Mental health and employers: refreshing the case for investment’ on https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/consulting/articles/mental-heaalth-and-employers-refreshing-the-case-for-investment.html

 Leadership, mental health, and risk management websites for more information and free-to-download publications:

 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/workplace/

 https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications

 https://www.mhaw.uk.com/who-weve-helped/

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