Episode 289: Trump & the World: The New Geopolitics of Trade, Technology, Energy and War with John Sitilides

ByElisa Garbil

Coordinated and Produced by Elisa Garbil Dive into a high-stakes conversation with geopolitical strategist John Sitilides as he unpacks global risks! From shifting tariff strategies and corporate resilience to supply-chain de-risking, digital decoupling, sanctions, energy markets, and the future of the U.S. dollar. A must-listen for leaders navigating an increasingly divided world. John Sitilides is a professional…

John Sitilides

John Sitilides

ByElisa Garbil

John Sitilides is a professional keynote speaker on geopolitics at corporate, investor, and industry conferences, and before government, military and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical risk management and the business impacts of international security policies, John Sitilides is Principal at Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., and is Senior Fellow for National Security at the…

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Risk and Resilience in a Fragmenting Global Order

ByElisa Garbil

Written by Elisa Garbil – 24.11.2025 The era of seamless globalisation has entered a period of structural stress. What once appeared to be an inexorable process of economic integration is now fracturing into competing regional blocs and politicised supply chains. The assumption that trade would naturally expand, that borders would soften, and that efficiency would prevail over…

Yaroslav Lissovolik

Yaroslav Lissovolik

ByElisa Garbil

Yaroslav Lissovolik worked in the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, where he was Advisor to the Executive Director for the Russian Federation (2001–2004). In 2004 he joined Deutsche Bank as Chief Economist and became Head of Company Research in Russia in 2009, and then a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank in Russia…

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BRICS at a Crossroads in a Shifting Global Order

ByElisa Garbil

Written by Elisa Garbil – 25.08.2025 In 2025, the BRICS grouping, originally composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, stands at a pivotal juncture. Once a loosely aligned coalition of emerging economies seeking a louder voice in global governance, the BRICS have transformed into a more assertive and expanded formation, aiming to reshape the foundations…

Episode 260: BRICS and the Economic Role of Emerging Global Powers with Yaroslav Lissovolik

ByElisa Garbil

Coordinated and Produced by Elisa Garbil In this episode Dominic Bowen and Yaroslav Lissovolik dive into the challenges and opportunities of BRICS! Find out more about the economic Asymmetries and power dynamics, consensus and decision-making, future strategies, BRICS’ role in global governance, Russia’s position, future cooperation, BRICS plus, international risks and opportunities, and more! Yaroslav Lissovolik worked in the International…

Episode 259: China’s Foreign Policy in the Wake of the Trump Administration with Dr. Audrye Wong

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

In this episode Dominic Bowen and Dr Audrye Wong dive into how Beijing is recalibrating power and influence in a turbulent world. Find out more about China’s two-pronged response to US decoupling, sharpened economic coercion and rare-earth export controls, charm offensives across the Global South, Belt and Road’s “small yet beautiful” recalibration, BRICS and BRICS…

China’s Calculated Revisionism: Stability as Narrative, and Leverage as Strategy

China’s Calculated Revisionism: Stability as Narrative, and Leverage as Strategy

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

The latest episode of the International Risk Podcast offers a precise window into how Beijing is positioning itself in a more volatile international environment. In conversation with Dominic Bowen, Dr Audrye Wong outlines a China that is neither a reckless revolutionary nor a passive status quo power. It is, instead, a cautious and adaptive actor…

Dr. Audrye Wong

Dr. Audrye Wong

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

Audrye Wong is Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and assistant professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. Her research covers China’s economic statecraft, including a book forthcoming with Oxford University Press, as well as China’s foreign influence activities and propaganda campaigns. Her work has been supported by…

Mikatekiso Kubayi

Mikatekiso Kubayi

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Mikatekiso Kubayi is a distinguished voice from South Africa and a renowned thinker on global power dynamics. Mr. Kubayi wears many hats: researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) associated with UNISA, fellow at the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and a PhD candidate at…