Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: Libyan parliament passes vote of no confidence in UN-backed government; Kurdish People's Protection Units launch major assault against Syrian government forces in Hasaka; violent clashes continue between police and pro-separatist protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir; and more.
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The weekly briefing, 1 September 2014 – Calls for Pakistani prime minister to resign, West warns Russia of heightened sanctions, al-Nusra Front holds Fijian peacekeepers hostage, and more
Political and security risk updates from the Open Briefing intelligence unit and Bradburys Global Risk Partners. Calls for Pakistani prime minister to resign as violent clashes continue, West warns Russia of heightened economic sanctions following incursion of Russian armed forces into eastern Ukraine, al-Nusra Front holds Fijian peacekeepers hostage in Syrian side of Golan Heights, and more.
The weekly briefing, 14 April 2014
Political and security risk updates from the Open Briefing intelligence unit. Growing discontent with Argentine president amid economic U-turn, violence in Iraq increases in run up to election, Nordic defence ministers form united front against Russia, and more.
The weekly briefing, 7 April 2014
Political and security risk updates from the Open Briefing intelligence unit. Earthquake in Chile puts new president to the test, North and South Korean naval forces exchange fire, tensions continue to rise between Russia and the West after annexation of Crimea, and more.
The weekly briefing, 17 March 2014
Political and security risk updates from the Open Briefing intelligence unit. Libyan prime minister flees the country, Crimea votes to join Russia, Norway calls on Nordic neighbours to join NATO, and more.
Press release: Why did we get Oslo and Utøya so wrong?
Chris Abbott seeks to explain the collective failure in the reporting of the Oslo and Utøya attacks and proposes five questions to be asked following future terrorist attacks ...
As the dust settles: Avoiding the mistakes of Oslo and Utøya in future media coverage of suspected terrorist attacks
On 22 July 2011 a car bomb in Oslo and a mass shooting in Utøya claimed the lives of 77 people and left 151 injured. In the hours after the attack...
