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Russia: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities - Pensavvi on GEO´ Posted By PRChannel Team www.geopoliticalmatters.com The Coronavirus crisis has likely muted and postponed major geopolitical developments, but as the world re-emerges from the pandemic there will be an acceleration of geopolitical activity.  That is why our next event focuses on Russia and the prospects, risks and opportunities on Wednesday 5th May at 3pm UK / 10am EST. To register please click here The event will be chaired by Chris Granville, the co-founder of leading research firm TS Lombard and one of the most experienced Russia-watchers in the financial markets.  He will be joined by Masha Gordon, a seasoned investor in the Russian market with the likes of Pimco and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Nowadays Masha holds a number of Supervisory Board, Chairwoman and NED roles with Russian companies such as Detsky Mir, Alrosa, Moscow Exchange & Polyus Gold. Chris and Masha will be supported by our regular gues...

UN: Disasters know no borders - Guterres on GEO´ Posted By PRChannel Team www.geopoliticalmatters.com In his message for Chernobyl International Remembrance Day on Monday, the UN chief reminded that “disasters know no borders”.  A 20-second shut down of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986, created a surge that led to a chemical explosion, which released nearly 520 dangerous radionuclides into the atmosphere. As a result, large parts of the former Soviet Union were contaminated; territory which now lies within the borders of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, according to the UN.  Marking the 35th anniversary of the accident, Secretary-General António Guterres said that together, “we can work to prevent and contain [disasters]… support all those in need, and build a strong recovery”.  Never forget  As one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history, nearly 8.4 million people in the three countries were exposed to radiation, according to the UN.  Som...

Russia-Ukraine War Alert: What’s Behind It and What Lies Ahead? Carnegie Moscow on GEO´ By Dmitri Trenin via PRChannel Team -  www.GEOPoliticalMatters.com Perhaps the most important thing for the Russian leadership in this episode was to prevent the  need to actually go to war against Ukraine in the future. Going overkill in terms of military  maneuvers on the Ukrainian border now may avoid the need to do terrible things at a later point.  The troops are not yet back at their bases, but the war alert along the Russo-Ukrainian border has passed. In fact, a war was never in the cards. Yet the alert, while it lasted, was profoundly disturbing. For the West, it highlighted the dangers of a large-scale direct clash between Russia and Ukraine. For Russia, which heretofore has dismissed the Donbas conflict as a civil war in Ukraine, it opened up the prospect of having to wage a real war against a large neighboring country. And for Ukraine, such a war might have been existe...

GCHQ: West faces Moment of Reckoning  By GEO´ Newsteam www.GEOPoliticalMatters.com The Director of GCHQ - The Intelligence Agency has warned that the West is faced with a "moment of reckoning" in terms of technology and security Jeremy Fleming took the opportunity to outline the difficulties facing the West prior to giving this year's Vincent Briscoe Annual Security Lecture at Imperial College, which he will deliver in the wake of the Integrated Review, which placed science and technology at the centre of future security and defence policy. He went on to say that there was a substantial risk that key technologies on which we rely will no longer be shaped by the West... Read More..  Log In  |  Register Image Credit: Ministry of Defence

US attempts to assert itself a global leader on Climate Change By Iain Fraser - Geopolitical Journalist www.GEOPoliticalMatters.com US President Joe Biden has made the Climate crisis a key focus of his administration. As well as re-joining the Paris climate agreement on his first day in office. He has gathered together 40 world leaders for a global summit scheduled for today 22 April 2021 hosted virtually via the White House. Its expected that the US will take the event to unveil an updated carbon pledge that will see its emissions nearly halved by 2030.  Who is attending?  Learn More/...  Log In  |  Register