RANE Podcast Series

Beyond Covid: What We Know about the XBB Variant

In this episode of RANE's Beyond Covid podcast, our experts offer the latest intelligence on the highly contagious XBB variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the risks for mass spreading now that China has opened its borders to travelers. 

The pandemic raised people’s awareness of infectious diseases - and also the hunger for information about emerging diseases. So this podcast is looking beyond Covid, to update you on the new and the next emerging infectious diseases and with risk management advice for businesses. 

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

RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. Learn more about RANE’s market-leading risk intelligence products at ranenetwork.com.

 

Essential Geopolitics: The Fallout from Brazil’s Insurrection

In this episode of RANE’s Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks to RANE Latin America analyst, Carmen Colosi, about the possible repercussions after supporters of Brazil's former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro broke into and vandalized the headquarters of the country's three branches of government — including the presidential palace, the Congress building and the Supreme Court — after overwhelming security forces in the capital of Brasilia.

The Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE is your go-to source for critical insight into global events.
Carmen Colosi's analysis of Brazil's January 2023 insurrection is available in Worldview, RANE’s geopolitical intelligence solution. With interactive graphics, RANE’s exclusive global risk monitor, key forecast questions, and global threat monitoring, security professionals rely on RANE Worldview. Sign up for a trial at ranenetwork.com.

Essential Geopolitics: Europe’s 2023 Challenges

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we gaze into Europe's near future. The past three years have been tumultuous in Europe, as the United Kingdom left the European Union, the COVID-19 pandemic brought high human and economic impacts on the continent, and the war in Ukraine led to a cost of living crisis across Europe. Adriano Bosoni, RANE’s director of analysis discusses how these events have shaped European power relations. 

The Essential Geopolitics podcast is produced and hosted by Emily Donahue for RANE. RANE's forecasts deliver both strategic and tactical risk intelligence to global businesses. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com

 

Essential Geopolitics: The Geopolitics of the Temple Mount

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, the conversation is about Israel’s new government. Specifically, National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. His recent visit to the Temple Mount was controversial but as RANE’s senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl, tells us, not quite as destabilizing as it might have been. 

RANE is the Risk Assistance Network and Exchange - a global risk intelligence company that combines real-time tactical and strategic intelligence with analysis for risk and security professionals. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out more about RANE Worldview at ranenentwork.com.

 

Essential Geopolitics: Implications of the Deteriorating Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we look at the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan. Isaia Galace, RANE’s global security analyst, says both situations can be attributed to one extremist group.

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Essential Geopolitics: The 2023 Threat Landscape

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, an advance preview of some of the major security trends we'll be watching in 2023, drawing from both the RANE Worldview and RANE Threat Lens forecasts -- a bit of a teaser, so to speak from RANE’s director of analysis, Sam Lichtenstein. 

RANE's 2023 Annual Geopolitical Forecast will publish on January 3, 2023. You can view both strategic and tactical risk forecasts for global businesses by becoming a RANE subscriber or giving a gift subscription to a colleague. RANE is the only business in the risk management industry that actually helps clients take action to mitigate risks through our network of risk experts. Find out about RANE’s unique approach to risk management at ranenetwork.com

Essential Geopolitics: Violence and Extremism in the West Bank

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, we look at Militant and grassroots violence in the West Bank, which has intensified in the last months of 2022. This, alongside Israeli counterterrorism operations and a spike in Israeli far-right violence, says RANE's global security analyst, Charles Thorson, indicates that 2023 will bring more unrest and violence.

You can read RANE's full 2023 Forecast with a subscription to RANE Risk intelligence. RANE’s risk management tools offer improved situational awareness of emerging risks and threats so you can proactively manage and mitigate potential issues for your enterprise. Learn about RANE’s suite of risk intelligence tools at ranenetwork.com.

Beyond Covid: Staying Healthy During the Winter Break

In this episode of the Beyond Covid podcast from RANE, the risk intelligence company, Dr. Bill Lang and Dr. Fred Southwick share best practices for beating the "tripledemic" of R.S.V., flu and Covid-19.  Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. David Larence is the founder of RANE. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides access to critical insights, analysis, and support to ensure business continuity and resiliency for our members. Learn more about RANE’s market-leading risk intelligence products at ranenetwork.com/