LA fires aftermath; announced Israel-Hamas ceasefire; 2025 Strategic Intelligence Estimate

The first Global Security Briefing of 2025 started with a look at the aftermath from the fires in Southern California by Factal Editor Jeff Landset.Then Kieran O'Leary, Director of Analysis for Emergent Risk International, gave a condensed version of their Strategic Intelligence Estimate.Finally, Iman Elbanna from ERI spoke about the announced, but not-yet-final, ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.