The existing health crisis in Yemen has been escalated through conflict, climate change and lack of international aid. Embedded inside the Yemeni health crisis exists an unequal deterioration of healthcare infrastructure and support related to women, specifically reproductive health, which has been motivated by the societal gender disparity which existed pre-conflict. Healthcare Crisis Yemen remains […]
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Aisha Jumaan
Aisha Jumaan, MPH, PhD, is an independent consultant coordinating health projects in Yemen. Dr Jumaan has over 30 years of experience in public health, including in viral vaccine preventable diseases, cancer research, maternal & child health and nutrition, and women in development. She managed the HPV vaccine project for Path and worked with the US […]
Serap Dalmizrak
Serap Dalmizrak is a risk professional and experienced analyst with a Masters degree from Vrije University Amsterdam, specialising in International Management. Serap currently works as an International Operations Analyst at 2Secure. Find Serap’s profile on LinkedIn.
US and China, Battle of the Global Superpowers
Once partners, the US and China are now each other’s chief adversaries. Over the past decade, relations between these two powerful nations have deteriorated due to opposing governance styles, human rights concerns, and practices – like economic activities – which do not abide to the rules-based order that the US and many western countries advocate […]
Episode 102: Gustavo Ribeiro on January 8th and the Political Situation in Brazil
This week, Dominic Bowen speaks with Gustavo Ribeiro about the January 8th attack and the political situation in Brazil. They explore what, and who, fuelled and facilitated the January 8th insurrection, as well as political and social risks in Brazil, including corruption and misinformation. Gustavo Ribeiro is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report, […]
Gustavo Ribeiro
An award-winning journalist, Gustavo has extensive experience covering Brazilian politics and international affairs. He has been featured across Brazilian and French media outlets and in 2017 founded The Brazilian Report, an English-language website covering Brazilian politics and economy. He holds a master’s degree in Political Science and Latin American studies from Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris. […]
Risk appetite statements, strategic leadership, and good governance
An organisation’s risk management framework is composed of a series of tools and activities that enable them to identify and manage uncertainty, to identify and take opportunities.
The risk of kidnap internationally
In the first quarter of 2022, 50 percent of kidnapping and abductions occurred when the victims were either in transit or outside. The majority, 97 percent, of victims were nations in the country where the kidnapping occurred, and 85 percent of kidnapping and abductions were resolved within eight days.
Episode 74: Dominic Bowen on the conflict in Ukraine
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn […]
Jaroslava Barbieri
Currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) and a researcher at the Arena Programme at John Hopkins University, Jara obtained her MPhil in European Politics from Oxford and also holds an MSc in Political Theory from LSE and a BA in Philosophy from Sapienza University of Rome. Her doctoral research focuses on […]