“Israel preparing to take over Gaza City, ceasefire in Ukraine unlikely to happen soon, Trump deploying National Guard in DC, GPT-5 released | Global Risks Weekly Roundup #32/2025” by Nuño Sempere
Description
Status: green
Executive summary
Key items this week are:
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Economy and trade: Trump's new tariff rates for most of the world took effect on August 7. Trump partially followed through on threats of secondary tariffs on Russia's trading partners if there wasn’t a stop to the Ukraine war by last Friday, by placing an additional 25% tariff on India, which has been buying Russian oil, starting near the end of this month.
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Geopolitics: Putin and US envoy Witkoff met in Moscow to discuss conditions for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump and Putin plan to meet in Alaska on August 15 to discuss a path towards a ceasefire, without Ukraine. Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City. [...]
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Outline:
(00:21 ) Executive summary
(02:33 ) Biorisk
(04:09 ) Geopolitics
(04:12 ) Russia/Ukraine
(07:48 ) Middle East
(07:51 ) Israel and Gaza
(09:22 ) Iran
(11:26 ) United States
(14:53 ) Asia-Pacific
(15:59 ) Europe and the Caucasus
(16:27 ) Africa
(16:58 ) Tech and AI
(21:10 ) Economy
(21:12 ) Tariffs
(22:30 ) US housing market
(23:41 ) Climate and Nature
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First published:
August 11th, 2025
Source:
https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/israel-preparing-to-take-over-gaza
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