2024
Israel and Iran: Escalating Warfare in the International Arena
Location: Seoul
More Info: Yonsei University
Event Date: Nov 2024
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2022
Resource Nationalism in the Persian Gulf Region
Location: Seoul
More Info: Sookmyung Women’s University
Event Date: Apr 2022
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Risk Analytics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Location: London
More Info: University of London
Event Date: Nov 2022
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2020
War, Conflict, and Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
Location: Seoul
More Info: Sookmyung Women’s University
Event Date: May 2020
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2019
Evaluating State Risk Management Models
Location: Seoul
More Info: Sookmyung Women’s University
Event Date: Nov 2019
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2018
Top Violent Conflicts to Monitor in 2018
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: January 4, 2018
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Recommendations for the Development of the Tourism Sector in Georgia
Co-Author: Ucha Surmanidze, MSc
Event Date: January 3, 2018
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2017
Top Risks of 2018 for the International System
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 18, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Russian Posturing in a Post-ISIL Middle East
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 12, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
F-35 Lightning: Projecting Futuristic Aerial Warfare
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 9, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Nascent Powers in the Era of Globalization
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event Date: December 5, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Natural Resource and Conflict in the Middle East Kurdish Regions
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Event Date: November 6, 2017
Venue: Franklin & Marshall College
Quantifying Risk in the Persian Gulf Petroleum Sectors
Location: London
Event Date: August 4, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Destruction of ISIL and Future Trends of Terrorism
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: July 12, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Perception and Legitimacy in Conflict Settings
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: June 30, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Ivory and Resource Nationalism
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: June 23, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (IV) – The Bering Strait
Location: Washington, D.C.
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: May 23, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Persianate World and Dynamic Ambition
Location: London
Event Date: Mar 20, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Resource Nationalism and Technology
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: Mar 3, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (III) – The Bab-el-Mandeb
Location: Washington, D.C.
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Feb 7, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Education Economics and Fundamentalism
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Global Education Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
Event Date: Jan 17, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Iran After Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Location: Al Hawai Tower
Event Date: Jan 9, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Second Siege of ISIL
Location: Al Hawai Tower
More Info: Palmyra Memorial Lecture Series
Event Date: Jan 8, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Russian Economic Forecasts and Central Asia Implications
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Forthcoming Security Parameters in the International System
Event Date: Jan 5, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2016
Iraq and the Shaping of Religious Relations After ISIL
Location: Al Hawai Tower
More Info: Nineveh Memorial Lecture Series
Event Date: Dec 25, 2016
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Energy Relations Across the New Silk Road
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Engaging the Silk Road Revival
Event Date: Dec 18, 2016
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2014
Dehumanization Since the Great War
Location: HMS President 1918
More Info: Risk and Security in the International System
Event Date: Nov 15, 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (ii)
This presentation is the second in a series of that covers chokepoints in strategic geography. The Strait of Malacca is reviewed as a case study.
Location: London
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Sep 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (i)
This presentation is the first in a series of that covers chokepoints in strategic geography. The Strait of Hormuz is reviewed as a case study.
Location: London
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Aug 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Nuclear Economics
Location: London
Event Date: Jul 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Future Trends of Ballistic Missile Defence Systems in the Persian Gulf
Location: London
Event Date: Jun 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Future of State Wealth in the United Arab Emirates
Throughout the millennia the Persian Gulf region has experienced extensive migration with diverse ethnicities, cultures, and religions. Notably, major migratory movements between Arabs and Iranians across the waterway have dominated the history of the area. Integration and accommodation of new inhabitants into preexisting communities can prove challenging for multinational states, particularly with many of the member states from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). With the exception of Oman, the states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are temporally new countries to the international system and have had challenges in accommodating multinational societies. In the case of the UAE the state sponsored Emiratization program is one of the many tools implemented by the country in an attempt to create a unified ethnic, cultural, and national identity rather than address the multiethnic status that had already existed and was established in the area. Discrimination and further societal segregation of groups not deemed a part of the dominant national identity and state even more so convoluted the difficulties in potentially resolving the issue. As a result of state-promoted nationalistic movements the subjects of state wealth, distribution of resources, citizenship, and nationality are becoming themes of increasing importance in the Emirates especially when considering the future of the country. With the economic progression of the state and the imminent World Expo hosted by the emirate of Dubai in 2020, integration of multiethnic groups to a cohesive and balanced national identity without the erosion or exclusion of other groups that have historically inhabited the region seems unrealistic forecasting. Consequently, understanding the facets comprising the situation provides insight to the future of state wealth and its relationship with migrant communities as well as nationalism is vital. Sovereign Wealth Funds, the Emiratization program, as well as the many communities within the UAE will be covered to address the topic.
Location: University of Edinburgh
More Info: Identity, Nations, and Nationalism in a Changing World
Event Date: May 22, 2014
Organization: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and National Identity Network
Central Asian Energy Security
Location: London
Event Date: Apr 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Future Evolution of Warfare
Location: London
Event Date: Apr 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Prospects of Resource Nationalism in Namibia
Location: London
More Info: The Hirouy Kidane Blue Nile Memorial Lecture Series
Event Date: Mar 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Resource Nationalism as Interstate Warfare
Location: University of Nottingham
More Info: Understanding Change in Contemporary Conflict
Event Date: Mar 8, 2014
Organization: Centre for the Study of Conflict, Security and Terrorism
2013
GCC-Central Asian Relations
Location: Middle East Technical University (METU) Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ)
More Info: Turkey in the World
Event Date: Jun 12, 2013
Conference Start Date: Jun 12, 2013
Conference End Date: Jun 14, 2013
Nuclearization of the Persian Gulf
Location: Durham University
More Info: The Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Non-Proliferation
Event Date: Feb 21, 2013
Defense Economics
Location: London
Event Date: Feb 2013
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Global Competition for Rare Earth
Location: London
Event Date: Jan 2013
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
2012
Political Religion in Central Asia
Location: Durham University
More Info: School of Government and International Affairs
Event Date: Nov 2012
Resource Nationalism in the Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Location: London
Event Date: Oct 2012
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Mineral Security in the Caucasus
Location: London
Event Date: Oct 2012
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Conflict and Security in the Caucasus: Regional Impact and Implications
Location: Durham University
More Info: School of Government and International Affairs
Event Date: Oct 2012
Iranian Naval Strategies in the Persian Gulf
Location: Durham University
More Info: School of Government and International Affairs
Event Date: Sep 2012
2011
Morality and Mercenaries: Ethics in the Private Military Sector
Location: Durham University
More Info: School of Government and International Affairs
Event Date: Dec 2011
Asymmetric Warfare in Afghanistan
Location: Durham University
More Info: School of Government and International Affairs
Event Date: Nov 2011
Top Violent Conflicts to Monitor in 2018
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: January 4, 2018
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Recommendations for the Development of the Tourism Sector in Georgia
Co-Author: Ucha Surmanidze, MSc
Event Date: January 3, 2018
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Top Risks of 2018 for the International System
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 18, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Russian Posturing in a Post-ISIL Middle East
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 12, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
F-35 Lightning: Projecting Futuristic Aerial Warfare
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Event Date: December 9, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Nascent Powers in the Era of Globalization
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event Date: December 5, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Natural Resource and Conflict in the Middle East Kurdish Regions
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Event Date: November 6, 2017
Venue: Franklin & Marshall College
Natural Resources and Conflict in Iraq
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Event Date: November 6, 2017
Venue: Franklin & Marshall College
Quantifying Risk in the Persian Gulf Petroleum Sectors
Location: London
Event Date: August 4, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Destruction of ISIL and Future Trends of Terrorism
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: July 12, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Perception and Legitimacy in Conflict Settings
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: June 30, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Ivory and Resource Nationalism
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: June 23, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (IV) - The Bering Strait
Location: Washington, D.C.
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: May 23, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Persianate World and Dynamic Ambition
Location: London
Event Date: Mar 20, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Resource Nationalism and Technology
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Date: Mar 3, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (III) - The Bab-el-Mandeb
Location: Washington, D.C.
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Feb 7, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Education Economics and Fundamentalism
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Global Education Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
Event Date: Jan 17, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Iran After Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Location: Al Hawai Tower
Event Date: Jan 9, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Russian Economic Forecasts and Central Asia Implications
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Forthcoming Security Parameters in the International System
Event Date: Jan 5, 2017
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Energy Relations Across the New Silk Road
Location: Emirates Towers
More Info: Engaging the Silk Road Revival
Event Date: Dec 18, 2016
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Dehumanization Since the Great War
Location: HMS President 1918
More Info: Risk and Security in the International System
Event Date: Nov 15, 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (ii)
This presentation is the second in a series of that covers chokepoints in strategic geography. The Strait of Malacca is reviewed as a case study.
Location: London
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Sep 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Chokepoints: Strategic Geography and Energy Security (i)
This presentation is the first in a series of that covers chokepoints in strategic geography. The Strait of Hormuz is reviewed as a case study.
Location: London
More Info: Critical Terrain Lecture Series
Event Date: Aug 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Nuclear Economics
Location: London
Event Date: Jul 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Future Trends of Ballistic Missile Defence Systems in the Persian Gulf
Location: London
Event Date: Jun 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Future of State Wealth in the United Arab Emirates
Throughout the millennia the Persian Gulf region has experienced extensive migration with diverse ethnicities, cultures, and religions. Notably, major migratory movements between Arabs and Iranians across the waterway have dominated the history of the area. Integration and accommodation of new inhabitants into preexisting communities can prove challenging for multinational states, particularly with many of the member states from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). With the exception of Oman, the states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are temporally new countries to the international system and have had challenges in accommodating multinational societies. In the case of the UAE the state sponsored Emiratization program is one of the many tools implemented by the country in an attempt to create a unified ethnic, cultural, and national identity rather than address the multiethnic status that had already existed and was established in the area. Discrimination and further societal segregation of groups not deemed a part of the dominant national identity and state even more so convoluted the difficulties in potentially resolving the issue. As a result of state-promoted nationalistic movements the subjects of state wealth, distribution of resources, citizenship, and nationality are becoming themes of increasing importance in the Emirates especially when considering the future of the country. With the economic progression of the state and the imminent World Expo hosted by the emirate of Dubai in 2020, integration of multiethnic groups to a cohesive and balanced national identity without the erosion or exclusion of other groups that have historically inhabited the region seems unrealistic forecasting. Consequently, understanding the facets comprising the situation provides insight to the future of state wealth and its relationship with migrant communities as well as nationalism is vital. Sovereign Wealth Funds, the Emiratization program, as well as the many communities within the UAE will be covered to address the topic.
Location: University of Edinburgh
More Info: Identity, Nations, and Nationalism in a Changing World
Event Date: May 22, 2014
Organization: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and National Identity Network
Central Asian Energy Security
Location: London
Event Date: Apr 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Future Evolution of Warfare
Location: London
Event Date: Apr 2014
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
GCC-Central Asian Relations
Location: Middle East Technical University (METU) Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ)
More Info: Turkey in the World
Event Date: Jun 12, 2013
Conference Start Date: Jun 12, 2013
Conference End Date: Jun 14, 2013
Defense Economics
Location: London
Event Date: Feb 2013
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
The Global Competition for Rare Earth
Location: London
Event Date: Jan 2013
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Resource Nationalism in the Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Location: London
Event Date: Oct 2012
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
Mineral Security in the Caucasus
Location: London
Event Date: Oct 2012
Organization: Global Risk Intelligence
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