Coordinated and Produced by Elisa Garbil Today on we’re diving headfirst into a threat vector that’s been hiding in plain sight: the toxic, metastasising digital subcultures, that are radicalising young men globally and fuelling a new wave of misogynistic violence. Hear the discussion about the risk of these online ideologies, the struggle of categorising, early warning…
In this episode of the International Risk Podcast, we turn our focus to the South Caucasus, where Armenia stands at a critical geopolitical juncture. Our guest is Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the American University of Armenia and a leading voice on regional security and Armenian foreign policy….
Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan is a leading scholar on the foreign and security policies of Turkey and the South Caucasus. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Bergen, with additional degrees from Lund University and the Institute of Oriental Studies in Armenia. A former Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley and Visiting Professor at Duke…
Recently, an apparent warning was issued to Armenia via the Russian Ambassador. OC Media reported that at the “East-West Confrontation: Ukrainian Dimension. Scenarios for the Future” conference in Yerevan, Sergei Kopyrkin, in reference to Ukraine, advised Armenia that the current situation there: Clearly demonstrates what can happen if a state abandons its own national interests…
Coordinated and Produced by Elisa Garbil Today we discuss the New Scramble for Africa! Dominic and Ian Linden dive into the differences between the ‘new’ scramble for Africa and the ‘old’ scramble of Africa, how strong the US influence is and whether it is currently weakening – or not, the economic opportunities offered by foreign investments, and…
Professor Ian Linden formerly taught at the School of Oriental & African Studies in London and is a visiting Professor at St Mary’s University, Strawberry Hill, London. He worked for the Swedish Government in the 1980s liaising with the African National Congress in apartheid South Africa. A past director of the Catholic Institute for International Relations where…
Written by Elisa Garbil – 05.05.2025 The New Scramble for Africa is a term that has gained significant traction in recent years to describe the growing competition among global powers over Africa’s vast resources, strategic locations, and emerging markets. Unlike the colonial-era scramble that saw European powers carving up the continent for territorial domination in…
Written by Elisa Garbil – 02.05.2025 Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari takes us beyond headlines and criminal statistics to confront a far more complex and urgent truth: our global drug policies are not just failing and they are actively producing harm. While it may seem a departure from previous discussions on extremism or gender inequality, this…
From Wall Street to the Eurozone: Why US Consumer Confidence Collapse Signals Strategic Risk for European Business Leaders The latest collapse in US consumer confidence should serve as a strategic wake-up call for European business leaders. Beneath the headlines of volatile equity markets and fiscal reboots lies a deeper, more structural threat: the world’s largest…
In the rapidly digitizing global economy, fraud has emerged not merely as a persistent nuisance but as a transformative and persistently international risk. The convergence of digital payments, mobile banking, and artificial intelligence has enabled new efficiencies for consumers and businesses alike, but it has also created fertile ground for exploitation. In 2024, global losses…
