Building resilience into your business
Building resilience into your business is critical for business success, as is effective global risk monitoring and strategic foresight.
Social Media Intelligence
This phenomenon has existed since the very beginning of the Internet, but it is now when it is essential to transform this information into useful data so as to be able to take advantage of it to optimize our strategy and get to know customers in depth Social media intelligence is a new digital method…
Risks in the first quarter of 2021
The first few months of 2021 have seen a rise in crime and violent crime, as well as civil unrest in many countries. There was more recorded civil unrest incidents in than USA than any other country. Myanmar and Iraq were second and third, followed by India. Risk of civil unrest in the USA In…
2021 risks across Latin America
Different threats among a single region Even though many people may see Latin America as a single region with the same culture, language people and risks, it is definitely not homogenous. Most Latin American countries speak the same language and have similar cultures and identity traits, but this does not mean that every country faces…
International Law and its applications to current risks
During The International Risk Podcast discussion with Will Clapton, the topic of anticipatory self-defence was discussed. International self-defence is complex, but the prohibition of the use of force, has remained clear and undeniable since 1945. Customary International Law (CIL) right to anticipatory self-defence no longer exists in the UN era and cannot be justified as a permissible use of force under…
Mental Health risks: COVID-19 and worldwide lockdowns
COVID-19 side effects Over a year has already gone by since the first lockdowns were implemented in mostly all countries. This drastic change to our lives when all of a sudden the world saw its inhabitants go home, work remotely, and whenever possible social distance, in a joint effort to stop the spreading of the…
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…
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…
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…