The International Risk Podcast

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international risk. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk management consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Simon Evenett. Simon is a professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Simon works for the Swiss Institute of Economics and Applied Economic Research and he is also the founder of the Global Trade Alert, an initiative that provides real-time information on state measures taken during global economic crises. Recently, he published an article with Johannes Fritz titled: The Scramble for Critical Raw Materials: Time to Take Stock? This research explores trade tensions and geopolitics surrounding critical raw materials.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international risk. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk management consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by two impressive guests - Owais Arshad and Oleh Savytskyi. Owais Arshad is a geostrategist who advises on geopolitical developments, sanctions regimes, export controls, and international finance. His clients have spanned both public and private sector entities such as central banks, financial regulators, commodity traders, hedge funds, and private equity firms. He has spoken at leading industry fora on emerging risks such as DeFi protocols and writes on international security matters. His writings have appeared in journals such as Nikkei Asia and Al Jazeera and he is often requested to comment on topical issues such as sovereign risk, and international relations. Oleh Savytskyi is a world-class climate and energy policy expert. Oleh has 10 years of experience in the field – from youth climate activism to consulting the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine.  Oleh participated in the UNFCCC conferences COP21 in Paris in 2015 and in Glasgow in 2021. Oleh is a fellow of the Michael Succow Nature Conservation Fund and alumni of Agora Energiewende EnerTracks training program for energy transition professionals. Since 2022 Oleh has mobilized to fight the Russian fossil fuel industry as Campaigns Manager at NGO Razom We Stand.Further reading:Global Witness identified that 1 in 20 flights in the UK is using Russian jet fuel:https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/billboards-across-london-reveal-estimated-1-20-uk-flights-running-russian-oil/Russian oil profits rise in July as G7 fails to tighten sanctions and revise the price cap: https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/russian-oil-smashes-through-the-g7-price-cap-as-crude-exports-in-july-hit-the-highest-level-of-2023/articleshow/102653684.cmsTell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Daphne Tolis. Daphne is a producer and journalist, working in broadcast, who also works on documentary filmmaking and photography based in Athens. She has reported from Greece and other countries, such as Bangladesh and Lebanon, working on her own documentary projects, as well as for European and American TV networks such as: the BBC, VICE News, ABC, PBS, SRF, NPR, Channel 4, Deutsche Welle, ZDF, VPRO. This work involves setting up shoots, researching, using my contacts to gain access to key voices in Greece and around the Mediterranean, and field producing the shoots themselves. I also work as a field producer, researcher, journalist and translator assisting leading storytellers from around the world with feature stories and filming in Greece. Whilst conducting this work, Tolis has visited many refugee camps and settlements across Greece, including to camps in Greece, Turkey, North Macedonia, Serbia, Italy, Lebanon, Calais in France and Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Nerida Williams. Nerida has over thirteen years of experience as a media and communications specialist in the humanitarian and development sectors, including with the United Nations and several INGOs. Currently, Nerida works as the International Planned Parenthood Federation's Senior Humanitarian Communications Advisor. IPPF is the world’s largest sexual and reproductive healthcare provider and advocate.Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Aruturo Sotomayor. Arturo is a scholar and analyst on international security, with a focus on Latin America and comparative foreign policy. Arturo has written three books and many more publications. Arturo has been an Associate Professor and the Director of the Security Policy Studies Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, which he held from 2018-2023, and is now at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Barak Ravid. Ravid is the Middle East correspondent for Axios and the diplomatic correspondent for Walla! News in Israel. He is based in Tel Aviv. Over the course of his career, Ravid has published hundreds of exclusive stories on the Middle East peace process, Israel’s relations with the Arab world, the Iran nuclear crisis and the US-Israeli relationship. Today, Ravid will be discussing these relationships as well as his book, Trump's Peace, which was first published in December 2021, and the English version in May 2023.Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode, we are joined by Hawon Jung. Jung is a journalist and author of ‘Flowers of Fire: The inside story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement’ which was released in March 2023. Together we will explore the current global trend of the rising anti-feminist movement by reviewing what is happening inside South Korea and the risks that women and young girls currently face in South Korean society.Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode we are joined by Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau to discuss AI and Job Displacement.  Jesuthasan and Boudreau are authors, researchers and specialists on the future of work, and have also recently released their fourth book together, Work Without Jobs, following the development of technology and AI. Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode we are joined by Khaled Quzmar. Quzmar is General Director of Defence for Children International - Palestine. Quzmar joined DCIP in 1995 as a lawyer representing Palestinian children in Israeli military courts. He rose through the ranks to become administrative and legal affairs director. He holds a master's degree in international human rights law. He specializes in issues of juvenile justice and grave violations against children during armed conflict. He earned a Master of Laws degree in international human rights law from the Irish Center for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway.See link here for a speech and testimony Quzmar gave to the United Nations.Tell us what you liked!

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 international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In today's episode we are joined by Dr. Ellen Wald , who is the President of Transversal Consulting and author of Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power. She is also sits a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Ellen frequently provides analysis for Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Barron's, and history and policy journals. In this episode, Ellen will discuss the international risks associated with OPEC nations and renewable energy. Dr. Wald dives in-depth on her work in Saudi Arabia and her research on the nation's history and influence in the exporting of energy sources.Read more about Ellen's book Saudi, Inc. here and her weekly column on geopolitics and the energy market here.Produced by Hannah Smith.Tell us what you liked!