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The introduction of the new investment screening regime will mark a watershed moment for the UK Government’s powers to intervene in corporate transactions. In this podcast series DLA Piper provides an insight into what’s driving the new regime, how it will operate in practice and its particular impact on those sectors most affected. In each episode, specialists from DLA Piper’s Competition, Government Affairs and sector specialists, alongside special guests will analyse the detail and impact of the new regime

One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground. In 2005, the United Nations appointed John Gerard Ruggie to the modest task of clarifying the main issues.

Business Executives for National Security welcomes you to five questions with the CEO, where BENS CEO, General Joe Votel, lUSA (Ret.) former commander of all United States Special Forces and forces in 21 countries in the Middle East and Asia, interviews top business leaders focusing on their stories, strategies, and real-world experiences. Here, we want to know why they’re passionate about sharing their talents and insights to assist senior leaders in the national security enterprise as they solve some of our nation’s most pressing challenges and why they are part of a growing number of ...

Promoting professional management of adversarial risks confronting the National Security of the United States of America. // A production of L&S: Liberty & Service National Security, LLC. DISCLAIMERS: *No actual sensitive information was disclosed in the making of this podcast. **Classification and sensitivity markings for training purposes only.

Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement in economics, politics, and security dynamics beyond its borders than any other world region. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security.

The urgent truth about the privatization of America’s national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading—and why we should be concerned. Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries. Now the PMSCs are a bona-fide industry, an indispensable part of American foreign and military policy.