Episode 17: with Mary Ana McGlasson from the Center for Humanitarian Leadership

Today we are joined by Mary Ana McGlasson.  Mary Ana holds dual Masters degrees in public policy and nursing from Princeton University and the University of Washington. She is the Director of the Center for Humanitarian Leadership, and an Associate Professor, with almost 20 years of experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a decade…

Risks to Mozambique: growing Islamic State insurgences

Risks to Mozambique’s population The risk landscape in Mozambique continues to grow significantly over the past few months. During the past year, there have been a growing number of terrorist attacks in the northern region of the country, now controlled by the Islamic State. Mozambique is one of the largest countries in the Southern African…

Episode 16: with Steve Walter from the Oceanside Police Department

Today we are joined by Steve Walter. Steve supervises the crime analysis and intelligence unit at the Oceanside police department in Oceanside, California. He manages the department’s intelligence strategy and provides threat assessments during periods of civil unrest working closely with neighbouring police agencies, the FBI and the San Diego law enforcement Coordination Center. Steve…

Episode 15: with Stine Lyshaug Olsen on Maritime Security and Risk Management

Today we’re joined by Stine Lyshaug Olsen. Stine is currently a senior intelligence and operations adviser with the Norwegian shipowners mutual war risk Insurance Association, where she focuses on maritime security in and around the Gulf countries, and specifically providing threat assessments for shipowners operating and trading in the Gulf. She holds a master’s degree…

Episode 14: with Phil Gurski, CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk consulting

Today we’re joined by Phil Gursky, the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk consulting. He’s also a program director for the security economics and technology hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 2001 to 2015, where he…

International Women’s Day: The Risks of Inaction

Fighting for women’s rights This week, the world celebrated the International Women’s Day, recalling all women who fought for their human rights, the vital role of women in society and campaigning for equality between both genders throughout the world.It is true that there are many countries where genders are in many ways equal, but there…

Titta Lassila

The guest for the 13th episode is Titta Lassila who has worked for different environmental organisations in Finland with themes varying from international environmental and development policy to tropical forest protection and sustainable rural development. Titta has been passionate about environmental issues since her childhood. She got a master’s degree in Environmental Biology with minor…

Episode 13: with Titta Lassila from Save the Children

Titta grew up in Finland, and from an early age, she was passionate about environmental issues. During and after finishing her master’s degree in environmental biology she worked for different environmental organisations in Finland with themes varying from international environmental and development policy to tropical forest protection and sustainable rural development. During the years in…

International emerging risks; threats to the international order

New risk: Coup d’etat in Myanmar 2020 has been a rollercoaster, a very unstable year with some unexpected events. 2021 has also started with major risk events at the international level. Of course, the assault on the United States Capitol on 06 January and the commencement of vaccinations against Covid-19 in many countries have been…

Philippe Borremans

The guest for the 12th episode is Philippe Borremans, an independent Public Relations consultant specialising in Emergency Risk & Crisis Communication with over 25 years of experience. Philippe helps his clients with reputation management. As a president of the International Public Relations Association, he works on strategic communication projects for epidemic and pandemic preparedness with…