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 230 (13th December 2024)
The Syrian president has fled, leaving behind immense uncertainty about the country’s future.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
Discusses the Red Sea Crisis of Houthi attacks on shipping, plus Somali piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden, and we also talk about re/insuring Ukrainian war risks, on land and in the Black Sea.
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Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
Trump questioned the value of the NATO alliance to the US, expressed extreme scepticism as to the benefits for the US of supporting Ukraine in its defence against Russia, and asserted that he will bring the conflict to a swift end. These positions are fundamentally at odds with those of the UK as recapitulated by the Labour government since its election in the summer.
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Friday Reading Edition 211 (2nd August 2024)
Unidentified saboteurs struck France's train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country on Friday, causing travel chaos and exposing security gaps just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
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Friday Reading Edition 211 (2nd August 2024)
Major sporting events such as Euro 2024 and the Olympics excite and unite billions of people around the world, but for event organisers, delivering such spectacles is not without its challenges, whether this is the potential for disruption caused by extreme weather or a cyber incident
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Friday Reading Edition 211 (2nd August 2024)
As preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics were ramping up, business leaders and risk owners were preparing to mitigate a series of key risks associated with the event.
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Friday Reading Edition 186 (26th January 2024)
The UK and US attacked Houthi sites in Yemen on 11 January, following the group's attacks on Red Sea shipping. What is the background and situation in Yemen?
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Friday Reading Edition 186 (26th January 2024)
Roxanne Escobales, editor of The World Today, is joined by Tom Sharpe, a former commander in the Royal Navy and defence columnist with The Telegraph. Joining them are Dr Sanam Vakil, the director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme, and Farea Al-Muslimi, a research fellow with Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
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Friday Reading Edition 186 (26th January 2024)
Watchers will be concerned not only with how the Houthi’s will respond – a response likely to be defiant, but also, what the US and its allies are willing to do next to counter a persistent Houthi threat in the Red Sea without risking further escalation.
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Friday Reading Edition 186 (26th January 2024)
The US and its allies have very limited options to deter or stop the Houthis without seeking concessions from Israel on the war in Gaza, or engaging Iran in asymmetric targeting as a supporter of the Houthi movement.
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