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Conflict Worsens Global Food Insecurity

Enterra Insights

As I noted in a previous article, most conflicts have global consequences.[3] As I noted in another article, one shining counter-example is the people of Poland.[5] Al-Assad deliberately used starvation as a military tactic in Syria’s on-going civil war. They’re mistaken. Xenophobia is alive and well.

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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. The WSJ also published an article about Sealed Air Corporation’s new iBubble Wrap.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. For a more detailed discussion of the scenarios, read the entire BCG article. We got very good at growing more food, and globalization allowed that food to move around the world. Then suddenly, wham!

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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. That’s because it’s very focused on defense articles and doesn’t have the broad scope that the CCL does. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba? I have to keep moving. Where is it going?

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

2022 highlighted the importance of sanctions compliance for crypto firms, with OFAC announcing its first ever crypto enforcement action against Bitrexx for apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs against Iran, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region of Ukraine.

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

GlobalTranz

Article 28 defines the process through which a member of the original Convention may withdraw from the Agreement, and it is a surprise to many to learn that the new Administration cannot simply flip a switch. manufacturers, distributors or other partners, except for Syria and Nicaragua, will be at risk.

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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. The pace of chatbot development is accelerating, as this excerpt from the article illustrates: Six months ago, Facebook Inc.