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 159 (30th June 2023)
Featuring Jim Wetekamp, CEO of Riskonnect CEO, who was on the keynote panel at the Airmic Conference – on how no business leader, risk manager, insurance broker, or underwriter would have anticipated having a long-running risk event (the pandemic) at the same time as a major military environment (Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) all at the same time.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
The unprecedented international sanctions regime levied against Russia by the EU, US, and their partners have surprised Western observers – let alone Russia – as to the sanction coalition’s ability to remain mostly aligned and united.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior security officials has told the BBC.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Russian tactics are changing as lessons are learned from military failures in the war in Ukraine.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Russia’s cyber forces had reshaped their operational approach over the past year to better coordinate their actions and account for fighting a longer conflict.
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Friday Reading Edition 144 (10th March 2023)
Women are vital in the war effort - but better female political representation will be needed to rebuild Ukraine.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Clive Myrie – one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents – was reporting for BBC News from the roof of a hotel in Kyiv when the war broke out. Myrie will lead keynote panel discussions at this year’s Airmic Conference in Manchester on 19-21 June.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Earlier this week, and on the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden delivered dueling speeches, each offering different visions of Russia’s war in Ukraine and world events more generally.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
This week at Chatham House, experts examined how the world has changed since 24 February 2022.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Yekaterina Schulmann is a public intellectual and prominent Kremlin critic now exiled in Germany. Is there any hope that the war will end any time soon? What should the citizens of the global West be focusing on? Are there any optimistic scenarios? Pushkin House is an independent cultural centre in London which now calls for new enquiry and re-evaluation of Russian culture.
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