Political Risk and Prediction

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Would you like to have a more holistic understanding of current affairs, predict the next major flashpoint in global politics, or identify a growing political risk in your country? This qualitative course will help you develop the research skills to do exactly that. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on an analytical project for the world’s 1st geopolitical crowdsourced consultancy, Wikistrat, predicting the global risks for the next year (last year's project predicted 2023 global risks, which we published in Newsweek). How will global challenges like the Ukraine war, tech competition and climate crisis impact our world order? By the end of the semester, you will have honed your risk analysis skills and be able to better predict future trends and shock events globally and for individual countries. This will serve you well in your career as an analyst at a policy think tank (e.g. RAND), political analysis firm (e.g. Eurasia Group), research division at a bank (e.g. Citigroup) or government agency (e.g. US State Dept). You will have a more enlightened understanding of global politics. Past guest speakers have included former extremist Mubin Shaikh, Gray Rhino Author Michele Wucker, British Petroleum’s Group Political Adviser Dr. Tom Wales, and Epistema Data Analytics CEO Joab Rosenberg.