Author: The Cayman Institute

The Cayman Institute Director-General of The Cayman Institute. Nicholas Robson has a rich background in the non-governmental (NGO) sector. He received his MA in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford. Nick has consulted for the British Red Cross in Disaster Management and is the founder of the Cayman Institute, a think tank doing policy research in areas such as global warming and climate change, energy security and economic sustainability for small island states. Nick also has a background in security and law enforcement. His geographical areas of interest are Central and South Asia and the Middle East as well as Small Island Developing States. He is also the Chief Coordinator of the South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI) based in London whose aims are to make a leading contribution to regional and international academic and policy-orientated research discourses about South Asian security. His publications include Cayman Islands Energy Policy: Background Advisory Report and Sea Level Rise and Its Implications for the Cayman Islands. See Specialties -Geopolitical, strategic and security implications of climate & energy security -Food and water security implications -Climate / Refugee problem -Global terrorism and climate change -Disaster management and climate change -Economic, political and social issues in the world's smallest countries and dependencies (including SIDS) Counter Terrorism. Disaster Response - IFRC. Human Rights - Int’l Human Rights Academy (University of Utrecht). UN training in Peace Keeping Operations (UNITAR)

BOMBSHELL: House Intel Chairman Turner Warns Russia Has ‘Serious National Security Threat’ | Newsmax.com

The chairman of the House intelligence committee, Rep. Mike Turner, issued an unusual cryptic statement on Wednesday saying the committee had made available to all members of Congress information about an unspecified “serious national security threat.”

Sources close to ABC News report that the threat relates to Russia’s plans to place a nuclear weapon in space.

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Editor: The question, that must however be asked, is the reaction to a Nuclear Device outside of our atmosphere, by our Extraterrestrial cousins.

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‘Conflict of interest’ concern over CUC’s renewable energy bid links – Cayman Compass

Concerns have been raised over conflicts of interest for Grand Cayman’s monopoly utility company CUC as the island attempts to accelerate its transition to renewable energy.

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The Ombudsman – Cayman’s public sector complaints watchdog – has flagged potential challenges with the bid process for large-scale solar projects.

“It appears that one bidder (CUC), which already holds a monopoly position in terms of the sale of electricity, is co-designing the specifications of the request for proposal for an upcoming bidding process, in which they, themselves, will be an interested party,” Ombudsman Sharon Roulstone wrote in a hearing decision on a related freedom of information dispute.

“In my mind, this has the appearance of a conflict of interest.”

https://www.caymancompass.com/2024/02/13/conflict-of-interest-concern-over-cucs-renewable-energy-bid-links/