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In this episode of The Decision Advantage, Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl examines Israel’s shift back towards a containment strategy in Gaza. He explores why Israel traditionally treated Gaza as a secondary frontier, and why returning to a posture of "mowing the grass" carries a far steeper cost today. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

On July 22, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration is considering taking military action against al Qaeda affiliate JNIM in Mali. This comes amid an expansion of jihadist activity across West Africa at large, and follows large-scale attacks by JNIM and its allies across Mali in late April. In this episode of the Decision Advantage, RANE’s Sub-Saharan Africa analyst Remi Dodd lays out the major implications and likely scenarios. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE’s Asia-Pacific Analyst Nate Fischler unpacks the complex geopolitical history of the Pacific Islands and lays out the larger strategic stakes and dynamics shaping the region’s security environment. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of RANE’s new mini-series, Foreseen Effects, on The Decision Advantage, we take one verified event, one thing that happened out in the observable world, and we walk the chain. First order. Second order. Third order. And to keep us honest, we bring in an expert to think through the chain of events. Today that's Ryan Bohl, Middle East and North Africa analyst at RANE. Ryan has spent this entire crisis watching the Gulf. We'll tell the story of what happened, then bring him in with pointed questions about what happened next, and we'll keep doing that until we reach the end of the chain. The event is the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The destination is that bread line. Join us. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Global Security Analyst Hellen Muzungu discusses unrest risks in various Sub-Saharan countries stemming from the Iran conflict. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE Global Economy Analyst Markus Jaeger provides an update to our Q1 conversation regarding the economic implications of the Iran War. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage podcast, RANE’s Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl examines how the current crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is pushing decades of American grand strategy in the Middle East to its breaking point. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage podcast, RANE Asia-Pacific Analyst Chase Blazek explores how Washington's traditional military support for Taiwan is being leveraged as a high-stakes bargaining chip in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage Podcast, founder of RANE David Lawrence and Silobreaker CEO Geoff Brown discuss insights and analyses shared at RANE’s recent in-person briefing session on key developments shaping today’s threat landscape.  RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Cyber Analyst Ali Plucinski addresses the systemic and corporate risks posed by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, which claims to have unprecedented cybersecurity capabilities, and provides potential roadmaps for organizations to mitigate these threats. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst Remi Dodd deep dives into the current outlook for the ongoing conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Middle East and North Africa Analyst Kristin Ronzi provides an update on the current status of Iran-U.S. negotiations and discusses the key imperatives shaping the direction of the talks.  RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Cyber Intelligence Analyst Hayley Benedict provides an analysis of how high-stakes cyber tools are currently defining modern geopolitical conflict. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk intelligence solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

RANE’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Risk Outlook focuses on the implications of  President Trump's legal and regulatory priority divergence from his first term and looks at the new resulting organizational risks associated with these changes.  In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE's Senior Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Analyst Beth Siegert unpacks key insights from the LRC Outlook and provides a roadmap for professionals to navigate the complex and evolving regulatory landscape.  RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com. Sign up to receive our complimentary weekly rundown, an email digest that highlights the geopolitical risks and opportunities that will shape the coming week, keeping you up to date on the key developments we're tracking and our most-read analyses. Subscribe to RANE's Weekly Rundown for free today by visiting: https://go.ranenetwork.com/weeklyrundownrane.

In this episode of The Decision Advantage, RANE’s Global Security Analyst Hellen Muzungu shares her insights into the rise and spread of Jihadism in West Africa and the Sahel.   RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com. Sign up to receive our complimentary weekly rundown, an email digest that highlights the geopolitical risks and opportunities that will shape the coming week, keeping you up to date on the key developments we're tracking and our most-read analyses. Subscribe to RANE's Weekly Rundown for free today by visiting https://go.ranenetwork.com/weeklyrundownrane.