# Measuring Risk

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Podcast: [The Jacob Shapiro Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035)
Published: 2026-01-13T12:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://jacobshapiro.com/podcasts/measuring-risk
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Duration seconds: 2436

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Shock, instability, climate stress, financial panic, political rupture: the question isn’t who avoids disruption, but who absorbs it and keeps moving. Jacob invites on Parag Khanna of AlphaGeo to wrestle with a harder metric than dominance or growth - resilience. What actually allows states, systems, and societies to adapt when the rules keep changing? Shapiro and Khanna explore the events driving this week's headlines (Venezuela, Iran, Greenland) and dive into the underlying systems that actually determine outcomes: resilience, adaptation, and the capacity to recover when shocks pile up. -- Timestamps: (00:00) - Introduction (02:10) - Geopolitical Risks and Resilience (03:10) - Historical Geopolitics and Current Events (05:11) - Challenges in Latin America (12:47) - Asia's Geopolitical Landscape (20:41) - Technological Impact on Geopolitics (34:18) - Africa's Geopolitical Future (38:38) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts -- Referenced in the Show: AlphaGeo: https://alphageo.ai/ Henley index: https://tinyurl.com/henleyindex Parag's Site: http://paragkhanna.com/ -- Jacob Shapiro Site: jacobshapiro.com Jacob Shapiro LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416 Jacob Twitter: x.com/JacobShap Jacob Shapiro Substack: jashap.substack.com/subscribe -- The Jacob Shapiro Show is produced and edited by Audiographies LLC. More information at audiographies.com -- Jacob Shapiro is a speaker, consultant, author, and researcher covering global politics and affairs, economics, markets, technology, history, and culture. He speaks to audiences of all sizes around the world, helps global multinationals make strategic decisions about political risks and opportunities, and works directly with investors to grow and protect their assets in today’s volatile global environment. His insights help…

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