Geopolitics – Gregor McQueen

In Episode #91, we are joined by Gregor McQueen, Founder and CEO of McQueen Associates. This episode was recorded at the end of October 2021. Events since then are not addressed in this podcast. We discuss:

• What geopolitical risk means.
• The difference between black swans and gray rhinos.
• How McQueen Associates helps clients manage geopolitical risks.
• Thought leaders in geopolitical risk management.
• Diversification from China through the risk management lens.
• Pandemics and risk.
• Risks on the horizon.
• Listening, and watching recommendations from:
  • Gregor
    • My wish: Help me stop pandemics (TED Talk), by Dr. Larry Brilliant
    • The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order, by Rush Doshi
    • China Law Blog
      • In particular, 'Who Owns "Your" Overseas Factory and Why It Really Matters,' by Dan Harris
      • "Shelter Manufacturing in Mexico: Back by Popular Demand," by Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
      • '"Mexico Is the New China" and Manufacturers Are Moving There,' by Dan Harris
  • Jonathan
    • Nouri app
  • Fred
    • The Taiwan Gazette
      • In particular, 'Thinking Outside the Pot: The Relationship Between Taiwan and the Steam Rice Cooker,' by Qin Xian Yu (translated by Hon Yee Tong and edited by Sabrina Chung)