Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Airmic's resident geopolitical expert Alex Frost and Dr Carrie Nordlund, Associate Director at the Annenberg Institute, Brown University, to discuss the results of the US presidential election, the current state of play and what this all means for geopolitical risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Five experts from the Brookings Institute, the US’s preeminent think tank on foreign policy, comment on the future of US foreign policy under a Biden administration – podcast, transcript and a summary.
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Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Although risk professionals are aware of the dangers that an unpredictable political environment can pose to their organisation, identifying and assessing those risks is the challenge that faces our profession today. This report will help break down the risks, understand their interconnectivity, the solutions available and appropriate responses.
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Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
A CBI webinar from this past Wednesday, looking at the impact the end of transition will have on businesses and their suppliers, customers and employees, as well as practical insights to prepare businesses for the first few months of 2021
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Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
One of the most challenging aspects of Brexit has been the search for an appropriate solution to the movement of goods, people and data between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This podcast discusses the implications of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the ‘three C’s’: complexity, costs and the commercial opportunities for businesses. Also available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beyond-brexit/id1203783838
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Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
Whatever Brexit deal is ultimately delivered, the handling of cross border disputes between the UK and EU looks set to change. Risk professionals should consider arbitration as part of their decision matrix at the time contracts are drafted and commenced.
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Friday Reading Edition 25 (11th September 2020)
This report provides a vivid scenario narrative of how the compromises made at the summit (and after) could re-shape business risks and business competition in Europe.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Cécile Fresneau of QBE discusses the resilience in an unpredictable year with reference to both the survey report and the QBE Unpredictability Index, while James Owen of Control Risks examines the cyber risk landscape, emerging threats in the present environment and growing internet sovereignty.
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Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
On how economic issues sit within the larger landscape of geopolitics in the COVID-19 world.
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Friday Reading Edition 18 (24th July 2020)
In the first of three episodes dedicated to Airmic's Top Risks & Megatrends 2020 report, host Richard Cutcher is joined by Julia Graham of Airmic, as well as Lucy Stanbrough of Willis Towers Watson, discusses the risk & megatrends map through the lens of geopolitics and how organisations should be thinking about the challenges concerning a volatile global environment.
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