Critical minerals are becoming strategic assets, reshaping supply chains, industrial policy and geopolitical competition. This Strategic Risk Snapshot examines how resource dependencies may create new vulnerabilities for governments and organisations operating internationally.

As geopolitical alliances evolve, organisations must navigate an increasingly complex landscape of strategic partnerships, economic competition and regional security dynamics. This briefing explores how shifting global alignments are reshaping risk, resilience and international decision-making.

As competition over critical technologies intensifies, governments are increasingly treating innovation as a matter of economic security and national strategy. This edition examines how regulatory fragmentation, export controls and technology governance are reshaping the global risk landscape.

As competition over critical technologies intensifies, governments are increasingly treating innovation as a matter of economic security and national strategy. This edition examines how regulatory fragmentation, export controls and technology governance are reshaping the global risk landscape.

Global risk is no longer driven by single events. Energy disruption, AI-enabled cyber threats and climate extremes are increasingly converging into a single challenge for governments, businesses and critical infrastructure. In Global Risk & Crisis Brief #13, we examine why resilience in 2026 depends on preparing for multiple crises at…

The defining risk of 2026 is not a single geopolitical conflict, cyber incident or economic disruption. It is the growing likelihood that several of these challenges occur simultaneously, creating effects far greater than the sum of their individual parts.

Energy security has once again emerged as a central issue shaping geopolitical relations, economic stability and strategic decision-making. Global markets continue to face uncertainty driven by regional conflicts, sanctions regimes, supply chain disruptions and increasing competition over critical resources.

Economic instruments have become central to the exercise of geopolitical power. Governments are increasingly using sanctions, export controls, investment restrictions and financial regulation not only as policy tools, but as strategic mechanisms to influence global behaviour.

Economic instruments have become central to the exercise of geopolitical power. Governments are increasingly using sanctions, export controls, investment restrictions and financial regulation not only as policy tools, but as strategic mechanisms to influence global behaviour.

Economic instruments have become central to the exercise of geopolitical power. Governments are increasingly using sanctions, export controls, investment restrictions and financial regulation not only as policy tools, but as strategic mechanisms to influence global behaviour.