RANE Podcast Series

The End of COVID as a Public Health Emergency

In this episode of RANE's Beyond COVID podcast, our experts explain what it means now that COVID-19 is no longer considered a Public Health Emergency. 

Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. Our host, David Lawrence, is the founder of RANE.

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

The Impact of a Ukrainian Counteroffensive on the Trajectory of the War

In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Eurasia Analyst Matthew Orr explains the correlation between the Wagner Group’s feud with Russia’s Ministry of Defense and a Ukrainian counteroffensive. 

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

 

Fighting Misinformation and Disinformation

In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE founder David Lawrence sits down with Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz to talk about the creation and mission of their journalism and technology company, NewsGuard.

Steven, a journalist and Author – and Founder of Court TV, The American Lawyer Magazine, American Lawyer Media, Brill’s Content Magazine, Journalism Online, and The Yale Journalism Initiative. Gordon, a Journalist and Executive, is a Former publisher, editorial board member and opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal, board member of Business Insider, editor or contributor to books published by the American Enterprise Institute and Heritage Foundation, founder of Factiva and co-founder of Press+.

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

India and the Indo-Pacific

India sits at the heart of South Asia, backed by the Himalayas along the Chinese border, overlooking the Indian Ocean Basin, bridging the old Near and Far East. Today, India also bridges the widening global geopolitical divides. It is a member of BRICS and the SCO with Russia and China, but also a key member of the QUAD with the United States, Japan, and Australia. India has long promoted a policy of non-alignment, but that has become increasingly difficult to maintain. New Delhi’s management of its strategic autonomy has evolved with changing global patterns, and U.S.-China competition is once again reshaping India’s options and pressures. In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics podcast, Rodger Baker, the director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE, speaks with K. Vinay Kumar about the evolution of the country’s regional policies.

K. Vinay Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad. He is heading, the Centre for World Affairs at the University, and Don McLain Gill, a Philippines-based geopolitical analyst, author, and a lecturer at the Department of International Studies, De La Salle University (DLSU). Together they have co-edited a recent book called The Elephant’s Rise in the East, framing the history and future of India’s rise, and the way New Delhi has adapted its relations with its Eurasian neighbors. 

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Anticipating the Fallout from South Africa’s Electricity Crisis

On May 18th, the acting CEO of South Africa's state-owned electricity utility warned of a "difficult winter" as the company may be forced to impose its most severe electricity cuts yet to maintain stability of the grid. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Director of Analysis Sam Lichtenstein sheds some light on the country's crisis and explains what it means for security and business operations.

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

The Relationship between Climate, Strategic Competition, and Advanced Technology

The “geo” in geopolitics is focused not just on topographic features like mountains, rivers, and coastlines or on concepts of size, shape, and location of countries. It also addresses local, regional, and global patterns of climate and weather, which have long influenced agricultural opportunities and development, economic and social characteristics of particular geographies, and even industrial capacity - think wind and water power. Today, climate issues have a direct geopolitical impact through physical effects, national and international regulation, and social and corporate influence. In today’s modern economy, and in today’s shifting strategic balance, semiconductors and high-end technology sit at the nexus of strategic policy, economic and technological opportunity, and climate. In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics podcast, Rodger Baker, the director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE, speaks with Dr. Rebecca Keller Friedman about the relationship between climate, strategic competition, and advanced technology.

Dr. Rebecca Keller Friedman has spent more than a decade gaining expertise at the intersection of disruptive technology and geopolitics. Previously the Director of Analysis at RANE, she is now an independent advisor and analyst.

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

South Korea’s Response to Shifting Geopolitical Balances

The Korean Peninsula sits at the crossroads of continental and maritime Asia, seen at various times as a bridgehead onto the continent or a dagger pointing at the heart of Japan. Korea’s history has been shaped by its location and by competition between larger powers around it, driving numerous policy responses from both unified and divided Korea, ranging from isolationism to balancing big powers to more independent regional engagement. Under the current Yoon administration, South Korea appears to be once again undergoing a shift in strategic policy, healing long-standing rifts with Japan, strengthening defense cooperation with the United States, and pursuing a more activist regional policy. In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics Podcast, Rodger Baker, the director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE, speaks with Dr. Jaehan Park, from the Edwin O Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. 

Dr. Jaehan Park has taught at SAIS and the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and served in the Republic of Korea Army as an officer. Currently, he is working on a book project tentatively entitled, The Geographical Pivot of Grand Strategy, which examines how rising powers determine their geopolitical orientation.

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Beijing’s Campaign Against U.S. Firms

Lately Beijing has conducted police raids on a number of U.S. firms as part of its campaign to make the corporate due diligence sector "healthy". More than a few analysts have highlighted the contradiction between Beijing's repeated pledges of support for foreign businesses and these latest raids. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Asia-Pacific Analyst Chase Blazek discusses the implications of these raids for the American business community in China. 

RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.