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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

More than 12 million people are in need of humanitarian aid as a result of the civil war raging in Syria. According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 million were refugees. Funding is lacking.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. percent in Q3 2015 compared to Q3 2014 in the United States). Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

Food Security in a Volatile World Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Patrick Webb , the Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, observed, “From the mid-2000s to around 2014, there was a period where we essentially didn’t have any famine in the world.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

person, if I’m driving through Switzerland and my rental car is running out of gas, I have to drive past the gas stations that are owned by Syria. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba? 60,488,000 in administrative penalties in 2014. But I have to tell you, the Treasury Department controls the actions of a U.S. Where is it going?

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Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation

GlobalTranz

manufacturers, distributors or other partners, except for Syria and Nicaragua, will be at risk. inches from 1993 to 2014, reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). There are only three countries on the planet, counting the U.S. intention to withdraw, that are not part of the agreement now.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

All of these entities could have a destabilizing effect on world peace and prosperity, whether it’s Russia and its military actions in Syria and elsewhere (not to mention its fighter jets buzzing U.S. Flextronics spins-off Elementum, raises $44 million in funding (February 2014). SAP’s acquisition of Ariba (May 2012).