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 174 (13th October 2023)
A broader conflict involving Iran could lead to attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz—disrupting the global energy market. By Elisabeth Braw, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a consultant with WTW Research Network.
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Friday Reading Edition 174 (13th October 2023)
The attack will set back Israel’s plans for normalization with its neighbours – and could have implications for the war in Ukraine
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Friday Reading Edition 174 (13th October 2023)
There is potential for a further deterioration in the security environment. Israel is expected to begin a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip in the coming days.
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Friday Reading Edition 174 (13th October 2023)
The fighting between Israel and Hamas, which launched a surprise attack on Saturday, is the latest in seven decades of war and conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that has drawn in outside powers and destabilised the wider Middle East.
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
This report seeks to explain and assess what the implications of a new al-Qa’ida leader could be to the group’s operational capabilities and strategic direction, and the implications for the threat posed by al-Qa’ida to people and property in the UK.
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
The September 11 attacks and subsequent false conspiracy theories revealed the changing nature of disinformation as we entered the internet age. Blackbird.AI explores how 9/11 conspiracies have persisted over the last 20 years, and the importance of early deception detection to prevent disruptive information from taking hold.
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
From 2021 – The US counterterrorism response to the September 11, 2001, attacks yielded some remarkable successes and disastrous failures in hunting al-Qaeda. The top terrorist threat today, though, is domestic rather than foreign
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
The beginning of the millennium saw an increased political focus on the threat from international terrorism, heightened by the attack on the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. Only one year before 9/11, new counter-terrorism legislation had been passed in the UK.
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
Discusses the legacy of 9/11, the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the shifting balance of global power
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Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
The IMF is concerned about the consequences of money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing, as well as related crimes that undermine the financial sector and the broader economy
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