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TECHNOLOGY: European carriers back Huawei as Geopolitical threat exponentially disastrous to the Tech sector By PR Channel Team  - Consultant Editor, GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media Centre Málaga Following on from our article Building a sustainable global supply chain [24th June 2020] China based Technology media network 36Kr in a press release originally distributed by PR Newswire, says that the escalating Geopolitical tension between China and the US is threatening the security of the global supply chain. The Trump administration announced a new rule on May 15, banning any foreign chipmakers from shipping chips with US software or technology to Huawei without a license granted by the US Department of Commerce. This move may cut ties between Huawei and its chip suppliers, who provide the chips it uses for cellular base stations, servers, and smartphones. 36Kr believes that the new rule will disrupt the entire semiconductor industry and may bring down the global ...

GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS: Russia paid Taliban to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan - Analysis By Iain Fraser - Consultant Editor, GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media Centre Málaga Google Indexed at 09:29 on 300620 In recent days, much of the mainstream media has been reporting that Russian military intelligence [GRU] was paying the Taliban to kill US and possibly other Western service personnel? Having both read the reports and spoken myself to my intelligence contacts I can report that there is little real evidence to support the claim. Whether true or not, both Russia and the Taliban have needless to say denied the allegation, followed closely by US President, Donald Trump who has vehemently denied any knowledge of the matter. The White House has issued a press statement that the subject never reached as high as the president or indeed vice-president. Mike Pence because there was no concrete evidence according to the US Intelligence network. This however, has not deterr...

VIRTUAL EVENT :: COVID-19: IFS - Deficits Debt and Fiscal strategy By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com/PRChannel European News & Media Centre Malaga Google Indexed at 06:09 on 260620 COVID-19: IFS - Deficits Debt and Fiscal strategy Date: 1 July 2020 | 11:00 - 12:00 (UK) Chair: Paul Johnson - Institute for Fiscal Studies Registration: Not Required This event will be available to watch for free on the IFS website. To sign up to receive an email reminder before the event, please click here. COVID-19 - and the public health response to it - has pushed government borrowing to levels not seen previously in the UK in peacetime and will leave a lasting impression on the public finances for many years to come. In this special joint webinar, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) will examine the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the public finances. Deputy Director of NIESR , Dr Garry Young , will outline some of the p...

Asset Tracing in Dubai - Outline By Matrix Intelligence - Corporate Intelligence Experts   The process of Asset Tracing, where investigators conduct advanced financial enquiries to determine a subject's valuables, examining possible revenue generated from criminal activity, and then follow its trail, is complex in any jurisdiction but when you apply the UAE, specifically Dubai to the equation, the complexity takes on another dimension. First, one has to understand the structure of the Emirates and then the sub-structure that applies to Dubai. The United Arab Emirates [UAE] is a federation of seven states, namely Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Umm al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, Ajman and Ra's al-Khaimah. It has grown from a quiet backwater economy dependent on fishing and a then declining pearl industry to one of the Middle East's powerhouses; a regional trading hub and a valuable economic centre - since the discovery of oil in 1958. Located on the eastern coast of the Arabi...

ENERGY :: IRENA Outlines Agenda to Put Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Recovery By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com/PRChannel European News & Media Centre Málaga Google Indexed: at 10:37 on 250620 Report says targeted public spending and policy action will bring immediate jobs and boost GDP - provides recommendations how to maximise recovery while meeting climate goals Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24 June 2020 Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards the energy transformation, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. Post-COVID recovery: An agenda for resilience, development and equality outlines immediate stimulus action for the next three years (2021-2023) as well as measures for a mid-term 2030 recovery perspective over the next decade. It provides practical insi...

SUPPLY CHAIN :: COVID-19: Building a sustainable global supply chain - Report By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com/PRChannel City of London Newsroom Google Indexed at 07:33 on 240620 2020 has been a tumultuous year for the global supply chain. From the intense disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak to international strain caused by Geopolitical conflict, the supply chain faces challenges like never before - from the Coronavirus to Geopolitics, the global supply chain is under more pressure than ever. In his latest feature of 2020, GEO Editor, Max Chambers says the Key to responding to these challenges is to recognise that the network supply chain is inherently a global marketplace, with buyers and suppliers from all over the world interacting dynamically. At the core of this global marketplace is the flexibility offered by a diverse supply chain. Competition on an international scale drives constant innovation, with standardisation playing a crucial role in creating a level pla...

GEOPOLITICS :: EUROPE: Zones of Influence - The new project for the Mediterranean - Analysis By Iain Fraser - GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media Centre Málaga Google Indexed at 10:45 on 230620 Giancarlo Elia Valori writing for Modern Diplomacy has published an extremely interesting multi-faceted article examining the thought pattern of re-defining the Mediterranean, which I thoroughly recommend to GEO´ Readers. He writes that in the future, the Mediterranean issue will realistically be that of dividing it into zones of influence, albeit communicating with one another – and anyway capable of absorbing also the Geopolitical and military tension that will emerge in other world regions. The idea that the Mediterranean can still be a small “European lake” is now to be completely ruled out, because the European Union, but also its individual Member States, or NATO itself have shown they cannot credibly hold any Mediterranean area. The key event of this demonstration of impot...

AFRICA :: CYBER: CyberRiskAware announces partnership with SAs largest Microsoft Azure Reseller By Iain Fraser for GEOPoliticalMatters.com/PRChannel European News & Media Centre Málaga Google Indexed at 08:19 on 230620 Leading Cybersecurity training provider Cyber Risk Aware have announced a partnership with BUI , Africa’s highest Microsoft Azure consumption partner. In times of high uncertainty and staff having to work remotely, there is a demand in South Africa for ‘real-time’ cyber security solutions. Cyber Risk Awares training platform brings critical education, human cyber risk assessment and phishing simulation solutions and is now available via its partnership with BUI . Stephen Burke – CEO and Co-Founder Cyber Risk Aware said “Like the Covid-19 pandemic, cyber security risks know no boundaries. Building on our successful African trade mission, tackling increasing cyber threats to businesses and individuals alike, we are delighted to announce our new partnership with BUI. ...

GEOPOLITICS: Military Drones: Geopolitical Toys Or The Replacement For Boots On The Ground? By Jason Woodroofe - OWP via GEO PR Channel European News & Media Centre Malaga Google Indexed at 08:44 on 220620 When one thinks of drones, images of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over somewhere in the Middle East are often the first to appear in one’s mind. The reality is that the global market for defence drones is far wider-reaching. Last week I wrote about the Trump administration’s push to redesign its policy stance on the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in order to push U.S. drones to new customers. The U.S. government is making this change to keep its defence industry competitive in a drone market increasingly flooded with foreign drones. Not just Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) either, but unmanned tanks, submarines and robotics weapons are all becoming increasingly popular alternatives to sending soldiers into combat. In fact, according to a recent analysis by CSIS...

VIRTUAL EVENT: WEBINAR - Powering Healthcare to Support COVID-19 Response By Iain Fraser for GEOPoliticalMatters.com/PRChannel City of London Newsroom Google Indexed at 08:29 on 220620 SEforALL - Best Practices and Lessons from Past and Current Interventions Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at  9:00 AM EDT/3:00 PM CEST  SEforALL - Best Practices and Lessons from Past and Current Interventions Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at  9:00 AM EDT/3:00 PM CEST  The International Renewable Energy Agency [IRENA] is pleased to co-organise with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a webinar that will highlight practical lessons and insights into programme design approaches for healthcare facilities electrification, with urgency and sustainability in mind. The event will also highlight emerging efforts to power healthcare facilities as part of the broader COVID-19 response:  COVID-19 is bringing into focus the ingrained vulnerabilities of health syst...

WORLD HEALTH: Whats the connection between Covid_19 and Food processing plants? By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com City of London Newsroom Three meat processing plants in the UK and now one in Germany closed down. Three food factories in England and Wales and now one in Germany have been closed after a cluster of  Covid19 outbreaks, sparking concerns about a potential outbreak similar to those seen in France and the US where 25,000+ poultry workers are reported to have contracted Covid-19 with at least 91 deaths. Confined working conditions and long periods spent by workers in close proximity – often 10 to 12 hours a shift – mean meat factories are at substantially heightened risk of spreading the coronavirus through human-to-human transmission. At least 250 staff have tested positive in plants in West Yorkshire, Anglesey and Wrexham Three large food factories have closed in England and Wales after about 250 workers tested positive for coronavirus, as the Unite union said it was...

GEOPOLITICS: Trump reiterates claims that China may have spread Coronavirus DELIBERATELY - Opinion. By Iain Fraser - Consultant Editor, GEOPoliticalMatters.com Malaga City (Remote) Google Indexed at 15:28 on 190620 GEOPOLITICS: Trump reiterates claim that China may have spread Coronavirus DELIBERATELY - Analysis. At an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal   published yesterday [Thursday, 18th June 2020] by reporter Michael C. Bender, US President Donald Trump has claimed that China might have spread coronavirus on purpose with the single aim of crippling the US economy in a tit-for-tat move over Trump´s sustained "tarrif-war" against it and the fact that they were jealous of the performance of the US economy under his stewardship. If that were anywhere near true it would be pretty draconian to say the very least. In recent months, Trump has alleged that China released COVID-19 from a lab maybe by accident, saying “It’s a terrible thing that happened,” he said in A...

The China India Stand-off: Implications for Regional Geopolitics By Professor Ijaz Khan via GEOPoliticalMatters.com Former Chairman, Department of International Relations University of Peshawar Google Indexed at 08:04 on 190620 Just when some signs of cooling down appeared, the stand-off between China and India saw the bloodiest conflict since 1962 War between the two. While many expected a de-escalation, this sudden violent escalation has put the regional geo politics on hold. De-escalation having become more difficult; it is bound to leave an impression on regional and by extension global geo politics. This brief write-up, focuses on the probable shape of that impact. To what level it escalates, or it stays where it is without any let down, will have variation in intensity of impacts. Return to normalization (normalization here means return the pre initial face off about a month back, not friendship between the two) seems unlikely in the near future if ever. Taking a panoramic view...

European Defence Fund: €205 million to boost the EU’s strategic autonomy and industrial competitiveness - Analysis (CorporateDespatch.com) By Iain Fraser - Associate Publisher, GEOPoliticalMatters.com Malaga City (Remote) Google Indexed at 06:58 on 180620 European defence Fund - The European Commission has announced 16 pan-European defence industrial projects and three disruptive technology projects that will benefit from €205 million financing aimed at enhancing the EU’s strategic autonomy. In a statement, the Commission said that the projects will support the development of European defence capabilities such as drones and related technologies (low-observable and tactical drones, detect and avoid system for military drones, edge computing platforms for drones), space technologies (Galileo military-grade encrypted receivers, military grade optical payload for small satellites, big data system for satellite surveillance), unmanned ground vehicles, high precision missile systems (BLOS –...

ECFR: Five mounting challenges for China in the Western Balkans - Analysis By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com City of London Newsroom (Remote) Google Indexed at 06:28 on 180620 China has not embedded itself in the Western Balkans as much as it might have done – and may even be looking back on the 2010s as a wasted decade. The European Council on Foreign Relations has published an interesting article examining China´s involvement in the Balkans. It point out that China’s activities in recent years have shown that it is laying the groundwork for a long-term, multi-faceted, and ever-deeper presence in the Western Balkans. Its bilateral interactions with states in the region have been intensifying, and are gradually – from an admittedly low base – expanding beyond questions of infrastructure and energy and into academia, culture, civil society and even Geopolitics. It looks at a series of shifts in the wider context of US and European relations with China; the aftermath of the covid-19...

VIRTUAL EVENT: CYBERSECURITY - Reducing your Data Risk  Posted by PRChannel Team - GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media centre Malaga Google Indexed at 05:15 on 180620 Learn how to protect and share your data in minutes - Live Demo These environments can represent as much as 90% of the attack surface for a data breach and, crucially, are less scrutinised and controlled as production environments. Date: 7th July 2020 Time: 14:00hrs London/3:00pm CET Duration: 60 Minutes Price: Complimentary Hosted by: Business Review Webinars Register FREE Here Key learning objectives: •    How to quickly and effectively identify sensitive data in your applications. •    How to easily choose an appropriate irreversible masking algorithm. •    The use-case for tokenisation and the ability to reverse data masking. •    How data is masked, whilst maintaining referential integrity across multiple data sources. •    ...

WEF/GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS & ECONOMY: How to fix trade, according to 10 Global CEOs - Analysis By Iain Fraser - Associate Publisher, GEOPoliticalMatters.com Malaga City (Remote) Google Indexed at 14.00 on 170620 Despite the best efforts of the global policymakers, we are eight years removed from the global financial crisis and still haven’t enjoyed the broad-based rebound we need to create a world that is safe and more prosperous. Yes, the stimulus provided by the central banks helped stabilize the Western economies, but where’s the catalyst that gets us back to the robust growth we enjoyed in prior decades? We don’t need to look far because the catalyst exists in the shipping containers coming in and out of a port near you. Simply put, the easiest way to expand the global economy is to expand global trade. Yes, free trade has come under criticism in the West from populists who blame trade for every lost factory job. In reality, trade took fewer jobs than automation, a force much hard...

UK ECONOMY: IFS Launches New Site to Examine the Geopolitical effect of Coronavirus and the Economy. By Newsteam - GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media Centre - Malaga City Google Indexed at 07:10 on 170620 The Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] has joined a new collective initiative by the economic research community, Economics Observatory , funded by the Economic and Social Research Council The portal has been set up to answer questions from UK policy-makers and the general public about the economics of the Covid-19 crisis and the recovery. The website contains articles on a range of topics, which are written for for policy-makers, the media, the public, students and teachers who are interested in the economics of Covid-19 and the implications for UK households, organisations and public policy. Read More /...

CYBER SECURITY: Trump 2020 Campaign App Vulnerable to Attack By Iain Fraser - Consultant Editor,  GEOPoliticalMatters.com European News & Media Centre, Málaga City Google Indexed at 08:49 on 160620 The Security Research Team at Website Planet have identified a major security vulnerability in US President Donald Trump’s mobile campaign app. The team, led by leading cybersecurity analysts Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, discovered the keys to various parts of the app, including its Twitter API. The re-election app exposed the information below in the Android APK file:     Twitter Application keys     Google apps key     Google maps key     Branch.io (mobile analytics) keys The “Official Trump 2020” app was developed for President Trump’s re-election campaign, available for download on iOS and Android. The app’s code revealed keys and secrets, similar to usernames and passwords, that gave access to different parts of the app, s...