The International Risk Podcast
Welcome to The International Risk Podcast — the premier destination for high-level insights into global risk dynamics. Hosted by Dominic Bowen, an accomplished senior advisor, each episode delivers expert analysis and actionable intelligence on today’s most pressing international risks. From geopolitical tensions and economic upheavals to cybersecurity threats and environmental challenges, we bring clarity to the complex risks shaping our world.
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Our host, Dominic Bowen, is a senior business leader, and Partner at 2Secure where he is Head of Strategic Advisory and leads a team of senior management consultants and advisors.
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Ep 174: The Venezuelan Election with Juan de Dios Cincunegui
The International Risk Podcast delves into an analysis of the recent Venezuelan election on the 28th of July 2024. Protesters took to the streets in Venezuela days following the election as opposition leaders criticized the results of the election that saw President Nicolas Maduro secure another 6-year term in power. The opposition’s Maria Corina Machado told reporters that a review of available voting records from the election showed that presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez had achieved a “categorical and mathematically irreversible” victory over Maduro. Machado and Gonzalez appeared at protests in the capital. Machado stated, “What we are fighting here is fraud by the regime”. Thousands took to the streets to protest and were met with tear gas and rubber bullets by the police. With 187 protests across 20 states. at least 24 people were killed in incidents related to the election or the demonstrations. Shortly following, the leader of the opposition Gonzalez fled Venezuela to take refuge in Madrid. With political tensions rising between the two parties, Dominic sits down with Juan de Dios Cincunegui to investigate the impact that this election will have on international relations and how it will contribute to international risk.
Juan de Dios Cincunegui is Director of Cideipp, the International Centre of Parliamentary Studies, Research and Foresight at the School of Politics, Government and International Relations of Universidad Austral in Argentina. As a university professor, he directs the International Program on Parliamentary Diplomacy. He has dictated classes at ISEN (the Diplomatic Training School for Argentina). He is an IVLP Fellow at the US Department of State. He has been working on plural diplomacy for decades. To add to this, Juan is an expert in Administrative Law, Strategic Planning, State Management, Diplomacy and Parliaments. He has extensive professional experience in the public sector and the private sector, diplomacy and international relations. He has done interviews recently reviewing the foreign policy agenda of the Lower House (Israel-Palestine; Ukraine-Russian Federation; Venezuela; among many others).
The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk.
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