“🟩 Trump threatens to send troops to Nigeria and denies Venezuela attack plans, China-US trade détente || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #44/2025” by Nuño Sempere, belikewater, Vidur Kapur, Tolga Bilge
Description
Iran is carrying out more construction in and around a mountainous nuclear site. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured the city of el-Fasher in Sudan.
Executive summary
Top items:
-
Geopolitics: Trump threatened to send troops to Nigeria to combat Islamic rebels. He also ordered the immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing, and elsewhere denied that the US is on the verge of attacking Venezuela. Iran is carrying out more construction in and around a mountainous nuclear site. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured the city of el-Fasher in Sudan.
-
Tech and AI: OpenAI plans to develop an automated research intern by September 2026, and a true AI researcher by March 2028. Its restructuring into a for-profit Public Benefit Company was approved by the Attorneys General of California and Delaware.
-
Economy: A one-year trade truce between China and the United States was agreed, covering tariffs and export controls.
Forecasts:
-
Forecasters now believe there's a 52% chance (range: 36% to 65%) that the US will carry out an airstrike on Venezuelan soil before December 2025, down from 61% last week.
-
They think there's a 2.2% chance (range: 1% to [...]
---
Outline:
(00:31 ) Executive summary
(02:22 ) Geopolitics
(02:25 ) The Americas
(02:28 ) South America
(04:40 ) United States
(06:08 ) Middle East
(09:04 ) Africa
(10:37 ) Europe
(11:07 ) Asia
(11:24 ) Technology and artificial intelligence
(13:48 ) Economy
(15:19 ) Biorisk
---
First published:
November 3rd, 2025
Source:
https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/trump-threatens-to-send-troops-to
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
United States
