Global Risk Forum 456
This week’s Global Risk Forum will have a difference. As we go into August and a period of consolidation, we would like to take this opportunity to discuss the ISRM with you. During August, we will be taking a break from our online activity with regard to webinars and publications and use the time to […]
The Incident Command System by Dylan Nash
This paper aims to look at how the Incident Command System (ICS) plays a role in 21st century crises. Both legacy and recent disasters will be analysed to determine the ICS’s role and how government organisations at all levels, non-government organisations (NGO), and communities can come together for a unified structure to combat these increasingly frequent incidents. FEMA […]
Global Risk Forum 454 & 455 – Military Service in The Age of Technologized Combat: Between Volunteerism and Conscription
It is a known fact that Europe is rearming itself — with or without the US’ support — against the backdrop of a five-year-old war at its Eastern border. With a budget of up to €150 billion divided into loans, SAFE (Security Action for Europe) is the financial instrument expected to help Member States with […]
Global Risk Forum 453 – The Price of Access When The World Is Subscription-Based
Subscriptions are no longer something that we only encounter on digital domains, streaming platforms or in software updates. In an era defined by territorial sovereignty and military might, the subscription model is slowly creeping into the analog world. A purchase — translated into the real world as treaties or alliances — no longer guarantees access. […]
Global Risk Forum 451 & 452 – The Fight for The Narrative and The Risk of Becoming Irrelevant in Global Politics
We may think of symbols as something of the past, something that only exists in literature and the arts. But even in an era dominated by digital technologies and platforms, symbols are still abundant. Battles are increasingly fought not with conventional weapons, but with the concepts of history or identity. From Warsaw to Washington and […]
Oversight Is the Job. Judgement Is What Makes It Real.
by Gigi Agassini and Shawn Ford Between late December 2025 and mid-February 2026, a single operator used Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 to breach nine Mexican government organizations and exfiltrate hundreds of millions of citizen records. According to an April 2026 technical report from Israeli security vendor, Gambit Security, the operator logged 1,088 prompts […]
Tomorrow’s Problem Rarely Comes Today
by Scott Hayes M.ISRM Decision Fatigue, Present Bias, and the Attention Problem in Strategic Risk Management Risk practitioners know the feeling. You bring a well-structured analysis to the table. The logic is sound, the evidence is credible, and the exposure is real. The decision-maker nods, acknowledges the concern and thanks you for the info. Tells […]
Global Risk Forum 450 – Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Issues: Is This The New Norm in Risk Management?
With the current heatwave scorching Europe, a revealing pattern is emerging in how climate risk is being managed on the ground — and this pattern highlights a growing disconnect between the enormity of the problem and the scale of the response. On one side, the impacts are undeniable and immediate. Record-breaking temperatures are being registered […]
Global Risk Forum 448 & 449 – Bridging the Gap between Digital Noise and Social Reality: Political, Environmental and Economical Factors in Focus
With the Summer Solstice left behind for those living in the Northern Hemisphere, we are soon to enter the second month of a season that can best be described as tumultuous. Conflicts that were deemed ‘short-term’ at the beginning of this year are nowhere near finished and their repercussions are felt by everyone worldwide. Moreover, […]
Global Risk Forum 446 & 447 – The Spill Over of Social Media onto Reality: From Chaos to Conclusive Risk Management
This week, we are turning our attention towards the ubiquity of social media across most societies worldwide and its spill over effect that impacts our very realities, from the way we interact with each other to how we position ourselves against mass media. The growing popularity of social media platforms marks the beginning of an […]