Benjamin Syme Van Ameringen

COVID-19: Time to Rethink International Peace & Security

COVIDscan, cc Flickr NIAID, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

In a world ravaged by COVID-19, multilateralism is the only path leading back to global prosperity.

Islamic State’s Global Operations and Affiliates in 2015

Soldiers engage Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants with precise and strategically placed artillery fire to support Iraqi and Peshmerga fighters in Mosul, Iraq, July 6, 2017. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Bigelow

This backgrounder examines the growing network of official and unofficial Islamic State affiliates around the world.

Cheap Oil and Political Risk: Islamic State and Iraq

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi before beginning a bilateral conversation that preceded a meeting of more than 60 anti-ISIL coalition parties held on December 3, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. / modified, cc US Department of State, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Iraqi_Prime_Minister_al-Abadi_Before_Bilateral_Meeting_at_NATO_Headquarters_in_Belgium_%2815934729591%29.jpg

In this series, Geopoliticalmonitor.com analyzes political fallout from the global plunge in oil prices. Part four focuses on Islamic State and Iraq.

Cheap Oil and Political Risk: Nigeria

Nigeria Oil abstract, modified, Generated by Google Gemini on August 5, 2025.

In this series, Geopoliticalmonitor.com analyzes political fallout from the global plunge in oil prices. Part four focuses on Nigeria.

Cheap Oil and Political Risk: Russia

cc Maxence, modified, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/maxxp/29366375836/in/photolist-LK1mqL-5PwMNS-6WMAd3-5ZRCMu-5Z2jtW-nTKm4t-2n7xKN5-cxK6pG-2ngTVH9-7bwyqk-2cr4Evk-9tnLxH-9tqAxh-9tqLBC-9tnutv-9tqMD7-9tqsc9-9tnHUg-9tqGEL-9tqKME-9tnJPH-9tqvkA-9tqp6m-9tqJjb-Wx7yFz-9tnxTK-9tqBnC-9tqJPJ-9tqwad-9tnr9F-9tnwN2-9tqEaQ-9tnw7V-9tnGqt-9tnqbn-9tqzML-9tnA8T-9tqukw-9tqCmJ-9tnt6p-9tntLe-9tqCVo-9tnper-9tqz2j-9tqxVG-6HeWDr-2ni1Y6n-a4pL2x-6uPtNG-2nh2W5m

In this series, Geopoliticalmonitor.com analyzes political fallout from the global plunge in oil prices. Part three focuses on Russia.

Cheap Oil and Political Risk: Canada

Generated by Google Gemini on July 29, 2025.

In this series, Geopoliticalmonitor.com analyzes political fallout from the global plunge in oil prices. Part two focuses on Canada.

Cheap Oil and Political Risk: Venezuela & the Cuban Connection

Venezuela protests in 2016, cc Hugo Londoño, modified, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_protests_in_Venezuela_in_2016#/media/File:Venezuela_protest_26_October.jpg

In this series, Geopoliticalmonitor.com analyzes political fallout from the global plunge in oil prices. Part one focuses on Venezuela and Cuba.

Disease, Anarchy, and Failing States: The 2014 Ebola Crisis in West Africa

cc Global Panorama, modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/121483302@N02/14632566347

The Ebola epidemic is combining with a legacy of past conflicts in West Africa to create a real possibility of state collapse.

Geopoliticalmonitor.com Reports from the Crans Montana Forum

EU Flag, Generated by Google Gemini on July 25, 2025.

Geopoliticalmonitor.com’s Europe-based Director of Political and Business Risk reports from the Crans Montana Forum's Homeland and Global Security Forum, held in Geneva, Switzerland (October 15-17, 2014).

Threat Assessment: The Khorasan Terror Cell More Dangerous Than Islamic State?

Islamic State flag, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Islamic_State_of_Iraq.svg

Unlike Islamic State, this new terror cell - known as ‘Khorasan’ - is far more interested in attacking targets in Europe and North America than they are in creating an Islamic Caliphate or toppling the Assad Regime.

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