Analysis and perspectives.
Analysis, frameworks and research notes from our research desks.
South Asia is one risk system. Most risk registers treat it as eight.
Companies tend to assess India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and their neighbours one country at a time. The events of the past eighteen months show why that misses the way risk actually travels in the region.
Read the analysisBangladesh leaves the LDC category: what changes for buyers and investors
Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from least developed country status in November 2026. Nothing changes overnight, but the trade preferences behind its apparel success now have an end date.
Rivers as a strategic variable: the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra
Three of the arrangements that have governed South Asia's great rivers are under strain at the same time. For investors in agriculture, power and infrastructure, water is now a political risk.
Five questions every board should ask about political risk
Political risk is now a standing item on most board agendas, but the discussion is often too general to be useful. These five questions turn it into something a board can govern.
Scenarios, not forecasts: planning for a fragmented world economy
When the structure of the global economy is itself in question, single-point forecasts become a liability. Scenario planning offers a more honest way to prepare.
Chokepoints: how to map concentration risk in global supply chains
Supply chain resilience starts with knowing where everything passes through a single point. A structured approach to finding the chokepoints that matter.
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