Month: July 2023

Geopolitical tensions affect the global oil market. Russian oil exports fell by 260 thousand barrels per day in May (2023). China and India account for no less than 56% of all Russian exports. Chinese crude oil imports reached 11.4 million barrels per day. The Russian oil market has been greatly…

This month, Germany unveiled its much-awaited China strategy aimed at recalibrating ties with its top trading partner. The strategy highlights the need for Germany to reduce its economic dependence on China, particularly in critical sectors, and ‘de-risk’.

Austria's readiness to participate in NATO's "Sky Shield" air defense alliance against drones and cruise missiles has triggered a new debate on neutrality. Shouldn't solidarity against Putin's Ukraine war and his threats be central to our security? Members of the National Council Petra Bayr (SPÖ), Michel Reimon (Grüne) discuss with…

Velina Tchakarova gave a lecture on Geopolitical Risk Approaches for the 18th Real World Risk Institute’s Mini Certificate in the presence of more than 100 attendees. Velina has been an instructor at RWRI since 2021. The idea is also to revolutionize education by making it closer to the practitioner model.…

Velina Tchakarova was quoted by the Sun saying: “By creating conditions for food crisis 2.0, Putin will weaponise the dependence of African and Asian countries on Russian commodities.”