UK economy shrank 2.9 per cent in January as third lockdown took hold dlvr.it/RvT6y6

BREAKING More European countries suspend Astra Zeneca after 2 patients subsequently trampled by cattle

Happy to be presenting a webinar this morning with Baker Tilly on their cyber risk predictions 2021 report. The rise of ransomware during the pandemic will mean more scrutiny of existing security measures, insurance policies & doubtless more liability claims against directors.

Incidents involving distribution of white supremacist propaganda in the US 2017: 428 2018: 1214 2019: 2724 2020: 5125 -Anti-Defamation League

Canada's Conservatives ready for change....except on every issue important to the Canadian public... cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Cue screams about the need to deter the Russian threat... BBC News - Defence review: Army 'to be reduced by 10,000 troops' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-564779…

Credits: Valdes Radev

If this was happening in Hong Kong, ministers would be lining up to condemn these as the thuggish tactics of an authoritarian regime.

Shots Fired “We’ve got real concerns about the methodology and the process that went into that (WHO covid) report, including the fact that the government in Beijing apparently helped to write it.” - Sec State Tony Blinken

My expectations for the futuristic 2020s versus the reality of illegal haircuts and the police raiding churches for Easter couldn't have been more different.

New Course for Spring 2021: "Urban Transformations in Post-Soviet Eurasia" with Dr. David Sichinava will offer EURUS students an opportunity to explore the cities of post-Soviet Eurasia as crucial arenas for assessing broader societal shifts in the region.

It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.

Risk of blood clots J&J vaccine .00001% Birth control pills: .05% COVID infection: 16% (CDC)

Sights in Beijing, 1977, The first year after China’s 10-year long Cultural Revolution, Clip of footage by a French tour group.

'16-24 year old's aren't interested in football' When I was 15 I was watching Man Utd play Bayern, Barca, Inter & Juventus in the Champions League on ITV with 15 million others. Sky took that away. If 16-24 aren't interested in it, it's because they've been denied access to it

#BREAKING: Jury finds Chauvin guilty in Floyd killing hill.cm/GLgXbWi

You don't care that it is the 1st of May? You don't like trades unions? You abhor strikes & industrial action? OK. But then give back weekends, overtime pay, child labour laws, safety regulations, accident & health insurance, the 40-hr working week. And, yes, your pension!

The former Soviet Union had an eventful year in 2020. We examine the future role for Russia, the dominant regional actor, and what other forces will determine stability and operational challenges across Eurasia. controlrisks.com/our-thinking/i…

The Chatham House report on myths in Russia-West relationship looks like a list of Atlantic taking points. Far from finding a willing auidence in west, our political & security discourse contains none of them. Worse it is closed to any dissenting view chathamhouse.org/2021/05/myths-…