Factal APAC lead Vivian Wang is back with an expansion on the South and Southeast Asia protests and youth uprisings as they expand into East Timor and the Philippines. One aspect carrying over through the region is the connection to popular anime series One Piece.

Emergent Risk International Director of Analysis Kieran O'Leary follows that with things to watch for in Indonesia.

Later he dives into the multiple drone incursions in Eastern and Baltic Europe over the past month as Russia (probably) and NATO tensions rise and airports close.

Finally Kieran speaks to the changes in the U.S. H-1B visa regulations.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

To paraphrase usual host Kieran O'Leary, everything is a polycrisis because every crisis overlaps.

This week's Global Security Briefing touches on political crises in France and Nepal, what security teams and businesses should be aware of after the Charlie Kirk killing, what to watch for after Russian drones flew over Poland, the recent airstrike by Israel into Qatar targeting Hamas leadership and a Q&A full of global issues impacting businesses as well.

Presenting from Factal are editors Jessica (on France) and Vivian (on Nepal) with Poornima (Nepal, South Asia) and Hannah (Kirk, Russia, Qatar) from Emergent Risk International.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

This edition of the Briefing starts with Factal Chief Product Officer talking about the employment impacts of generative AI (some job fields are down for entry level positions).

He then explores the latest in generative imagery and video, focusing on how the latest advancements will challenge risk intelligence and journalism.

Kieran O'Leary shares the five things keeping him and his team of analysts at Emergent Risk International up at night (de minimis, Syria elections, US redistricting, Brazilian justice, disinformation in Africa).

After that is a deep dive into exit detentions by China and what global companies should watch for.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

This edition of the Global Security Briefing starts with Factal examining Trump's war on Latin America's drug cartels. Irene Villora, Factal's LATAM editorial lead, discusses the Trump administration's alleged order to use military force, Mexico's response, the expansion of surveillance, and potential implications.

Cameron Evers, Deputy Director of Intelligence and Analysis at Emergent Risk International, presents on the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. In addition, Emergent Risk International's Cameron Tisshaw, Madison Honsinger, and Karla Schiaffino take an early look at the World Cup across Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

This edition of the Global Security Briefing starts with Factal looking at Europe's fire season. Dave Clark goes over the nations with the most fires, urban areas threatened so far, and what the near-term prognosis is after more than twice the forested area burned in 2025 compared to the 20-year average.

Kieran O'Leary, Director of Intelligence and Analysis at Emergent Risk International, presents on what to pay attention to in the still bubbling Thailand-Cambodia border dispute, including some of the history behind the border. He then shifts the corporate targeted shooting in New York City with some numbers behind expanding corporate security concerns.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

This week's Global Security Briefing covered the recent violence in Sweida, Syria hosted by Factal editor Agnese Boffano.

Then Emergent Risk International analyst Hannah Poppy presented on the removal of U.S. sanctions on Syria, plus the remaining economic concerns in the nation.

Vassilis Benopoulos from ERI finished the briefing with an updated on the Ukraine-Russia conflict's expanding use of drone attacks.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

Together Factal and Emergent Risk International bring you up to Thursday morning's news on the conflict then they tell you what editors are watching for and what businesses should pay attention.

Then ERI talks about the protests and political violence in the United States.

Our next Briefing is July 17.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

First up Factal NORAM lead Joe talks about what went wrong with Hurricane Helene last year, this year's hurricane season forecast and the challenge of staffing shortages in NOAA and FEMA.

Then Emergent Risk International Director of Analysis Kieran brings us up to speed on Ukraine's drone strike, Russia's asymmetric warfare and the chance for peace.

Finally, ERI Senior Analyst Neil covers the change in South Korea's government and what that will mean for businesses.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.