Geopolitical

Masterclass: What the Gulf airlines got right when everything around them went wrong

GCC Airlines greatest strengths have become their biggest vulnerability. Business continuity has become their competitive edge while others fail.

Jul 6 • Umaima Farhan and Ollie Law

Trapped By Design | Risk Updates for Weeks of 17 June - 1 July '26

Threat concerns this week: Why 91% of businesses can't see their own AI dependencies. How grounded airlines became the resilience lesson we all need…

Jul 1 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, Martin Petts, Niral Bhagat, and Umaima Farhan

14:33

Strait Talk: Six Days in Dubai After the Guns Went Quiet

I flew in expecting a city on its knees. What I found, and why confidence under fire is the story no camera stayed for.

Jun 28 • Ollie Law

Model Citizen | Risk Updates for Weeks of 3 June - 17 June '26

Threat concerns this week: Why Washington just pulled a frontier AI model offline for the entire planet. Two shipping choke points buckling at once. And…

Jun 18 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, Martin Petts, Umaima Farhan, and Niral Bhagat

22:13

Search and Destroy | Risk Updates for Weeks of 20 May - 3 June '26

Threat concerns this week: Google's AI just hijacked your brand. Myanmar's civil war is choking the minerals inside your phone. And 5 quick fire threats…

Jun 3 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, Martin Petts, Niral Bhagat, and Umaima Farhan

18:35

Ctrl Alt Delete | Risk Updates for Weeks of 22 April - 6 May '26

Threat concerns this week: The AI blame game hiding human negligence. Fiji a key cartel hub. And 5 quick fires on reinsurance shifts, shadow supply…

May 6 • Ollie Law, Umaima Farhan, Brad Law, Martin Petts, and Niral Bhagat

22:33

Gulf Gambit | Risk Updates for Weeks of 23 March - 6 April '26

Threat concerns this week: The largest oil supply disruption in human history. Why the real crisis is still six months away. And 5 quick-fire updates on…

Apr 7 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, Martin Petts, and Niral Bhagat

18:28

Gap Year | Risk Updates for Weeks of 12 January - 26 January '26

Listen now | Threat concerns this week: {TBC}

Jan 25 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, and Martin Petts

19:48

Deep Dive: The Common Operating Picture Paradox

Why New Zealand lacks a true common operating picture, what Taiwan gets right, and how delays are quietly compounding national risk.

Jan 5 • Ollie Law

43:23

Burnout Bias | Risk Updates for Weeks of 1 December - 15 December '25

Threat concerns this week: HR burnout top 2026 business risk. SIM-binding mandate disrupts 500m. And 5 quick-fire stories on Cloudflare outages, EU's…

Dec 15, 2025 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, and Martin Petts

21:38

Don't Look Up | Risk Updates for Weeks of 6 - 20 October '25

Threat concerns this week: $800 worth of gear provides unlimited access to 40% of the world's satellites. Aon's Life Science risks. And 5 quick fire…

Oct 20, 2025 • Ollie Law, Martin Petts, and Brad Law

24:46

Climate Collides | Risk Updates for Weeks of 22 September - 6 October '25

Threat concerns this week: Climate change kills 100+ in 14 days. U.S. tariffs reshape ASEAN. Plus 5 quickfire stories covering an SEO crisis and the AI…

Oct 5, 2025 • Ollie Law, Brad Law, and Martin Petts

15:47

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