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

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

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

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…

Episode 209: China, Africa, and the Green Energy Puzzle: Risks and Opportunities with Fikayo Akeredolu

In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, we explore China’s evolving role in Africa’s energy landscape with Fikayo Akeredolu, a DPhil candidate at Oxford specializing in the political economy of energy in Nigeria. We discuss: Join us as we analyze the opportunities and challenges shaping Africa’s energy future and the strategic role China plays in this…

Economic and financial international risks

The outlook is full of uncertainty, volatility and persistent risk. This is partially due to the huge amounts of government spending all around the world over the last three years in response to the Covid pandemic. This debt burden and international risk will take decades to pay back. At the same time, we are experiencing underinvestment in several important areas, which means new risks to longer term growth.

Episode 95: Charles McAllister on fracking in the UK

In this episode Dominic spoke to Charles McAllister, the Director of Policy, Government and Public Affairs at United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas about fracking as an alternative for overcoming the energy crisis, debunking myths and discussing its benefits and associated risks. The United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas is the trade association for onshore…

Episode 94: Catherine McBride on Energy Security and Risk

Today on The International Risk Podcast, we are joined by Catherine Mc Bride. The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe’s leading…

Rising Energy Prices

To find out more, listen to our latest episode with Nathan Piper: Episode 83: Nathan Piper on Risks in the Global Energy Sector – The International Risk Podcast In October of 2021, the typical home in the UK was paying £1370 a year on energy. According to studies, this amount could surge to more than…

Episode 83: Nathan Piper on Risks in the Global Energy Sector

Find out more about Nathan Piper. Today we are joined by Nathan Piper – Head of Oil & Gas Research, Investec. Nathan Piper has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry across a range of commercial, financial and technical roles and previously number one ranked oil equity analyst (Extel survey). Currently Head…