The Global Insight

Our experts discuss the business implications of a busy election year.

Our experts discuss the legacy of the Ukraine war for Europe, NATO and the Global South.

Securing access to critical minerals is existential. In this podcast, our experts discuss the current critical minerals down-cycle, geopolitical dynamics, and how we anticipate regulation and investment in the sector will evolve.

The Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea underscore growing maritime tension as geopolitics returns to the sea.

Our experts examine the key events and trends from 2023, from AI to Middle Powers, and what these mean for the year ahead.

Geopolitical turbulence is shaping trends in ESG regulation and enforcement globally.

Control Risks experts discuss why middle powers (countries capable of playing key strategic roles internationally or regionally) will be a force in the new world order.

Listen to our experts discuss how widespread public access to generative AI technology like ChatGPT will reinforce current geopolitical dynamics.

Join Claudine Fry and Serena Pilkington as they unpack current global demographic trends, how these drive everything from economic vitality to unrest, and the implications for business now and into the future.

The message from Western developed economies, but particularly from the United States, is to stop making things so far away from home. Is this the end of globalisation?

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia was designed to decapitate the Ukrainian administration in just a matter of days. The war has now ground on for a year. What does the long-term really look like?

Control Risks experts discuss how businesses should be thinking about the erosion of democracy and how this impacts the way they do business.

Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with Control Risks' lead China Analyst, Andrew Gilholm, about the foreign policy implications of the recent National Chinese Communist Party Congress, the outlook for business critical issues like supply chain, and China’s relationship with the US and Russia.

Which factors are driving inflation and, in turn, how is this driving social unrest worldwide? What do businesses need to know when evaluating the efficacy of government policies and moves by central banks?

How should companies be approaching this fundamental shift to the way the world transacts, and why are central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) a key development to watch? 

The energy crisis spurred by the Russia-Ukraine conflict has led to the weaponisation of energy by governments and blocs on all sides to protect their energy security – how can business adapt?

Against a backdrop of overwhelming humanitarian and an economic strife, an extraordinary election cycle has been playing out this year across Latin America.

Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with Control Risks experts Patricia Rodrigues and Rose Mumanya about the roll ethnicity, inflation, misinformation and the Ukraine-Russia conflict are playing in Kenya’s general elections.

Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with Control Risks expert Maria Knapp about what organisations need to keep front of mind when engaging with geopolitics and why staying silent is no longer an option.

Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with Control Risks expert Alexandra Kellert about the challenges France and the EU will face in the coming years, from rising energy and living costs to security concerns.