Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 168 (1st September 2023)
De-dollarisation’s moment might finally be here.
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Friday Reading Edition 167 (25th August 2023)
Evolution of the space economy and militarisation of orbits are reconfiguring this environment. The space economy is currently based around greater accessibility and digitalisation. Many countries can conduct missions aimed at intelligence gathering, navigation, and military communications, meaning the militarisation of orbits poses an increasing threat, which could impact diplomacy and trigger conflicts.
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Friday Reading Edition 166 (18th August 2023)
Before you plan mitigation, response and recovery efforts, a general understanding of the nature of wildfires and evolving conditions can be helpful.
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What Is NATO? Text
Friday Reading Edition 161 (14th July 2023)
The military alliance is bolstering its military deterrent in Europe amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has expanded to include Finland.
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Friday Reading Edition 161 (14th July 2023)
With Japan feeling it can no longer solely rely on the US, its old ally, to back it up, Prime Minister Kishida is also courting new security partners. "Japan talks about principles such as territorial integrity, but the message to Europe is 'don’t forget about the Indo-Pacific, no matter how difficult the situation with Russia is'."
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
Channels 4 speaks to Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe – and keynote panellists at the Airmic Conference in Manchester last week – who was in Kyiv to help Ukraine prepare its case for joining Nato – something it will argue for at July 2023 Vilnius summit.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
This report demonstrates why risk and internal audit professionals need to relook at the way they collaborate, as their organisations build resilience amid the maelstrom of geopolitical risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
Oksana Antonenko, speaker at the Airmic-AIG leadership Leadership Breakfast session at the Airmic Conference in Manchester – and two other experts discuss where rebuilding in Ukraine should start, and which priorities should be advanced to make Ukraine a stronger nation in the postwar future.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior security officials has told the BBC.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Russian tactics are changing as lessons are learned from military failures in the war in Ukraine.
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