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Global Security Briefing by Factal and Emergent Risk International — 90 episodes
USA-Canada trade; verifying AI outputs (abridged)
Wildfire season isn't over; US midterms; Flock
Ceuta, Spain migration; merging wars; drought in Europe and the U.S.
Russia's energy crisis; Iran war; Cockroach Party Protests in India
AI quality acceleration, regulation, competition; World Cup security review
🌪️tornadoes, El Niño, drone threats to business
Latin American protests, elections and what to watch for
World Cup security including heat and soft targets; election threats; prediction markets
West Bengal election violence; Supply chain strains from Ukraine-Russia and Iran wars
Watching the Sahel; World Cup security; El Niño in Latin America
Blockading blockades; El Niño coming; anti-AI sentiment building
No China-Taiwan war; compounding issues one month into Iran war; selling security internally
Iran war expansion, multi-order supply chain impacts; World Cup security
Iran conflict; AI disinfo flood
Writing for AI summaries; annual general meeting security; AI threats and security
What editors are watching for in Europe & APAC; ERI on Europe-US relations; Australia is too hot
What to watch for: Winter games, US-M-CA trade deal, Bangladesh, Greenland
What's next after Venezuela? Iran's economic protests; PizzInt and tradecraft
Ukraine-Russia update; tin and metals; Pacific cyclones and more
Tanzania, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria and Iraq - what the analyst needs to know
Venezuela-U.S. scenarios; APEC meeting; China-Netherlands chip dispute; gaming v. simulations for learning
U.S. gov. shutdown, platform agnostic sourcing, five things
H1B changes, 'Russian' drones, South Asia straw hat revolution
France political crisis; Nepal political crisis; Charlie Kirk killing; Russia drone incursions; Israel airstrike in Qatar
AI jobs impact; realistic AI images & video; China exit detentions; five things from ERI
Trump's war on Latin America's drug cartels; National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.; Look ahead at the World Cup
Europe's fire season; Thai-Cambodia border dispute; NYC corporate shooting
Syria; Ukraine-Russia
Israel-Iran; U.S. political violence and protests
2025 hurricane season; Ukraine-Russia war and peace (talks); South Korea's new government
India-Pakistan airstrikes and business impacts; a light interlude on Australian elections; tariffs confounding everyone, including business
Tren de Aragua; France prison attacks; early tornado season; six more things to watch
India's new waqf law and protests; anti-American business sentiment from tariffs; generative AI in photos and video
Turkey protests; anti-American sentiment in Europe; militancy in Asia
Ukraine-Russia situation and ceasefire; USA-Canada relations; US government shutdown
US-India; US-China; recent terror attacks in Europe
What to watch with the Gaza ceasefire; USAID cutback impacts; five things keeping Kieran up at night
DeepSeek; tariff diplomacy; Caribbean security; Mexico's cartels
LA fires aftermath; announced Israel-Hamas ceasefire; 2025 Strategic Intelligence Estimate
Russian hybrid warfare; Syria civil war; safely using generative AI
U.S. election impacts; flooding in Valencia Spain
U.S. election security; security in Mexico; Indonesia's new government
Marburg virus outbreak; Israel-Lebanon; hurricane season continues
Hurricane Helene; Israel-Hezbollah and more
Ukraine-Russia; Mexico's new administration; US port labor negotiations and more
Telegram CEO arrested; mpox declared global health emergency; four other things keeping us up at night
Ukraine incursion into Kursk, Russia; France's post-Olympics political future, U.S. Domestic Violence Extremism
Venezuela's disputed election; Middle East conflict escalations; Olympics Security
Security failures, misinformation, RNC-DNC implications from Butler, PA assassination attempt targeting former President Trump
Too hot everywhere, all at once; North Korea poop balloons; South China Sea; China-EU trade tensions
Reactions to Trump verdict; Elections fallout; Euros 2024 security; how to use Gen AI in risk intel
Iran after Raisi; attempted assassination of Fico; New Caledonia riots; Paris 2024 safety and security
Mideast update; Ukraine-Russia update; Mexico update; AI becoming search
What's next for TikTok; OSINT social update; pro-Palestinian protests
Questions about conflict in Middle East; Olympics security; hurricane preview; Earth Day activism
Key Bridge collapse; Moscow attack; Hong Kong security law
TikTok ban; Hong Kong security law; port strikes and more
Little chance at Russia-Ukraine ceasefire; Ramadan influence on Israel-Hamas timeline; violence in Chad
US election risks; Pakistan surprise election win; Indonesia's continuity
El Salvador's election; Expanding war in Mid East -- pro/contra positions
Taiwan post election; what to watch in Armenia & Azerbaijan post Nagorno-Karabakh and other global security news
Red Sea shipping; 2024 Risk Intelligence Forecast
Venezuela's claims to Essequibo region; Argentina's troubled economy; and other issues keeping us up at night
Challenges facing Ecuador's new president; Panama's protest; OpenAI and more
Updates on Russia-Ukraine war, implications for lasting Israel-Hamas conflict and six other things were watching.
Israel-Gaza conflict: Surprise attack, disinformation and what to follow in the days to come
ORCs, flash mobs and retail crime; India-Canada relations and other things keeping us up at night
Takeaways from 'The Coming Wave' of generative AI, what is IMEC, Europe's reduction in climate change goals in the Global Security Briefing
Gabon's coup isn't a sign of contagion; Idalia review and Typhoon Saola look ahead in the Global Security Briefing
COVID's comeback; covering Niger's coup; Argentina's election amid crisis
Extreme heat fueling hurricane forecasts; droughts in major shipping routes
Israel's raid in Jenin and the future of the region; Africa's electricity shortages
Geopolitics of Barbie; How the OSINT analyst needs to watch Threads vs. Twitter
Ocean temperatures rising; Blinken visits Xi, Modi visits Biden
Factal on covering a mass shooting; ERI on the things that keep them up at night
Flooding and drought in Southern Europe, US debt default analysis and a Pride month preview
Türkiye's elections, China's espionage laws and more
Past, present and possible futures of Sudan's current civil war
U.S. tornado season, Pakistan's polycrisis
Africa's advancing food crisis will be exacerbated by El Niño
What's happened in Nigeria's elections and how did the health messaging around the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio go wrong?
UFOs don't mean aliens, but they do mean tensions with China
TikTok you don't stop - growing; ERI's five things to watch - the February 2, 2023 Global Security Briefing.
Factal editors explain coverage techniques in Afghanistan; Emergent Risk International looks at upcoming elections
Predictions for next week, next month and the next year by Emergent Risk International and Factal
Five things ERI is watching; Diesel shortages; trip-demic update; ChatGPT demonstration; flooding in Colombia and Venezuela
How will risk and security professionals deal with Twitters changes? COP27 inspired protests.
European infrastructure sabotage. Tech trends making security more difficult.
Will Russia use nuclear weapons? Will COVID-19 surge in the winter?
The emerging behaviors of hurricanes and a look ahead at the CCP national congress