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 161 (14th July 2023)
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO, makes the case.
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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 161 (14th July 2023)
The future of Ukraine–NATO relations was once again the number-one topic on the agenda for Alliance members at this week’s Vilnius Summit.
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Friday Reading Edition 161 (14th July 2023)
Sir Richard Shirreff – former NATO Deputy Supreme Commander Europe, co-Founder and Managing Partner of Strategia Worldwide, and keynote panellist at the 2023 Airmic Conference in Manchester – warns that unless NATO increases its support for Ukraine, the West could get pulled into a direct conflict with Russia.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
Attack against pride parade foiled by Austrian police. Two individuals sentenced after plot to destroy 5G masts. New IRA collaborated with organised crime groups.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
As a result of the increasing number of incidents, businesses, schools, hospitals, and institutions are looking to evolve their risk management practices and enhance their financial protection from active assailant attacks.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
Experts from WTW’s Leisure and Hospitality and Special Contingency Risks (SCR) practices discuss the implications of the Protect Duty in the UK in terms of organisational culture and physical security.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
The second in a two-part series on interagency coordination that examines the response to the 2005 London bombings. This article discusses the challenges faced by UK agencies in responding to the attacks and lessons that may be learned from them.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
In a global context of what some are calling a ‘perma-crisis’ or ‘poly-crisis’, businesses are increasingly witnessing, directly or indirectly, the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow throughout this year.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
Now the immediate crisis has been averted, attention has turned to what Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short lived mutiny against the Russian miliary leadership has demonstrated and what it may mean for President Putin personally.
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