
RANE Podcast Series
This podcast series offers risk intelligence and analysis from RANE Network. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides business professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to better anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats. In the RANE podcast series, risk management experts and thought leaders share best practices for managing business risk, geopolitical risk, physical and cyber security risks, compliance risk, and other key risks and threats that organizations face today. These podcasts empower businesses, governments, and individuals to confidently navigate an increasingly complex international environment. At RANE, we believe shared risks require shared solutions and invite you to listen in.
Latest episodes

Feb 4, 2025 • 15min
Key Events in South Korean Politics PART II
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Asia-Pacific Analyst Chase Blazek discusses South Korea’s political environment leading up to the December declaration of martial law and the subsequent political fallout.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Feb 4, 2025 • 16min
Key Events in South Korean Politics PART I
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Asia-Pacific Analyst Chase Blazek discusses South Korea’s political environment leading up to the December declaration of martial law and the subsequent political fallout.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Jan 29, 2025 • 53min
The United States of Addiction Part V
In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE Founder David Lawrence sits down with Dr. Mark Gold for the fifth episode in a multi-part discussion on the relationship between addiction and enterprise risk.
Dr. Gold is an author, inventor, and mentor who has had over 1,000 peer-reviewed publications since beginning his academic career at the University of Florida College of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine in the 1970s. He is best known for developing the pioneering translational laboratory to human research methods of discovery for addiction and psychiatry.
Find more content from Dr. Gold here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/mark-s-gold-md
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Jan 24, 2025 • 12min
Syria after Assad
After years of stagnation, Syria's civil war suddenly reignited in Nov. 2024 to truly spectacular geopolitical change. In less than a few weeks, the Syrian government, which had weathered 13 years of civil war, collapsed, in a remarkably fast and orderly transition. Now, shorn of the Assad family for the first time in fifty years, Syria is charting new, uncertain courses, many of which are fraught with the risk of another round of fighting. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE's Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl lays out likely future scenarios for the country and provides insight into the associated risks.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

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Jan 8, 2025 • 38min
Demographic Decline and Military Manpower: Understanding the Shifting Role of Man in Conflict
Leonie Müller, a recent NYU International Relations grad, and Brandon Hilleary, a UCLA political science alum, discuss pressing global demographic shifts. They dive into how declining birth rates are reshaping military manpower in Japan and South Korea. The conversation highlights the balance between automation and human forces in warfare, the aging populations' impact on defense strategies, and the necessity for tech integration in military operations. Their insights challenge traditional notions of national security in an evolving geopolitical landscape.

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Jan 7, 2025 • 16min
Unpacking China’s Salt Typhoon Operation
Delve into the intricate world of cyber espionage as experts unpack China’s Salt Typhoon hacks targeting U.S. telecom giants. Discover the alarming implications of stolen metadata on national security and the hurdles faced in counteracting such cyber threats. The discussion emphasizes the urgency for effective cybersecurity measures and tailored strategies to bolster defenses. Legislative efforts and new FCC requirements signal a bipartisan push to safeguard communication networks against these evolving risks.

Dec 20, 2024 • 21min
U.S.-Middle East Relations under a Second Trump Term
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Middle East and North Africa Analyst Kristin Ronzi discusses a few of the key policy issues of the Trump administration within the early part of his second term including the potential support of Israeli annexation of settlements in the West Bank, U.S.-Saudi relations, and U.S.-Turkey ties.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Dec 19, 2024 • 11min
Implications of Cancelled Peace Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Geopolitical Analyst Rémi Dodd gives an overview of conflict in the Eastern Congo and explains what to make of the recent cancellation of peace talks with Rwanda.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Dec 19, 2024 • 19min
How does the threat of COVID compare to RSV and Influenza?
In this episode of Beyond COVID, our experts assess the current threat of COVID and discuss relevant outbreaks that travellers should monitor.
Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. Our host, David Lawrence, is the founder of RANE.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Dec 17, 2024 • 17min
Sheikh Hasina’s Resignation and the Future of Bangladeshi Politics
In August, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was overthrown following student protests. Four months later Bangladesh’s current interim government now has the opportunity to form a new political system. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s South Asia Analyst Misha Iqbal shares the outlook for the country’s political and security landscape.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.
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