The daily geopolitical briefing for CEOs, boards and decision-makers
Produced by Geopolitical Strategy
Written by former diplomats and strategic advisers to the world’s leading firms.
Geopolitical Dispatch is read across more than 190 countries and by more than 22,000 subscribers. Its analysis is read by executives, investors, advisers, diplomats and policymakers.
Geopolitical Strategy works with boards, executives, investors and institutions to translate geopolitical uncertainty into practical judgment and action.
THE PROBLEM
Geopolitics now matters as much to business as it does to governments
For several decades, many businesses enjoyed something close to a holiday from geopolitics. That period is over.
Geopolitical events now reach organisations through almost every channel that matters: strategy, capital, regulation, supply chains, technology, energy, markets and reputation. Tariffs, sanctions, industrial policy, wars, great-power competition and shifting alliances have become part of the international business environment.
Most organisations know this. Few, however, know what to do about it.
The news moves quickly. Internal views are often fragmented. Legal teams see geopolitics as sanctions. Operations executives feel it through supply chain disruption. Finance leaders see rising costs, tighter margins and a more political market environment. Strategy teams see market access being constrained, but also new opportunities opening. Boards see uncertainty, and few obvious ways to stay on top of, or govern, geopolitical risk.
Each view may be right, but none is complete.
The result is a practical management problem. Without a disciplined way to monitor geopolitical developments, filter them for business relevance and interpret what they may mean, leaders are left to operate in a more political world without a shared view of it.
THE SOLUTION
Building geopolitical judgment for business
Geopolitical Dispatch was created to provide serious business leaders with a sharper interpretation of international political developments most likely to affect business, markets and strategy.
It is modelled on the way diplomatic services, intelligence agencies and national security advisers keep leaders informed: regular briefing, careful filtering, contextual judgment and a clear distinction between what matters and what does not.
Written by former diplomats and advisers to prime ministers and international organisations, Geopolitical Dispatch helps readers understand what is changing, why it matters, what it reveals and what it may mean for business, markets and strategy.
Not every executive needs to become a diplomat. But business leaders increasingly need geopolitical judgment to understand not just the world, but their world.
A reader once described Geopolitical Dispatch as “chronicling history in real time.” That is close to what we are trying to do: link events together over time, identify the larger forces taking shape through daily developments, and help serious readers know what to watch, what to ignore, and why.
INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTION
Your personal daily intelligence brief
US $190 per year
Individual Membership provides full access to the Daily Dispatch, Week Signals and Private Monthly Roundtables.
It is designed for CEOs, board directors, executives, advisers, investors, lawyers, analysts, public servants, founders, academics and serious readers who want a sharper, more disciplined read on the world.
The briefing is designed to be useful, readable and efficient. A busy reader should be able to read the Daily Dispatch in under ten minutes and come away with a clearer view of the world.
Not ready yet? Subscribe for free to receive previews of the Daily Dispatch, Week Signals and Irregular.
CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
A shared intelligence capability for your organisation
US $1,900
per year | 10 full-access memberships
Corporate Membership is for boards and leadership teams whose decisions are increasingly shaped by geopolitical change.
It gives the right people inside your organisation a common picture of the world, a common language for discussing uncertainty, and a structured way to monitor the developments that matter.
10 full-access memberships — Allocate across the board, executive committee, strategy, risk, legal, government affairs, investor relations or other relevant teams
Daily Dispatch — Weekday briefings on the five geopolitical developments most likely to affect business, markets and international affairs
Week Signals — A weekly note on the larger forces, patterns and signals shaping events
Private Monthly Roundtables — Live, confidential discussions with the Geopolitical Strategy team on the month’s most consequential developments and the outlook ahead.
Quarterly Outlook Briefings — Forward-looking briefings aligned with board, risk, strategy and investment cycles
Priority advisory access - Priority access to Geopolitical Strategy when questions require deeper support
Internal distribution rights - Relevant analysis may be circulated internally to support board papers, executive discussions, risk committee materials and strategy sessions
Once subscribed, we will contact you to onboard your team and make sure the membership supports the issues your board or leadership team is watching.
$1,900/year | 10 full-access memberships
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THE BRIEFING RHYTHM
Modelled on how diplomatic services brief leaders
Geopolitical events move quickly, but their significance often becomes clear only when placed in context. Our rhythm is designed to help organisations build judgment over time, rather than follow every headline.
Daily intelligence keeps leaders oriented as events unfold.
Weekly interpretation steps back from the daily flow to identify larger forces and patterns.
Monthly discussion gives members direct access to the Geopolitical Strategy team and the opportunity to test assumptions..
Quarterly outlooks help boards and leadership teams think ahead, identify watchpoints and prepare for plausible futures.
The purpose is not to produce more information, but to help leaders know what to watch, what to ignore, and why.
WHO’S IT FOR
Corporate Membership is for organisations that need a better conversation about geopolitics
Corporate Membership is especially useful for boards and executive committees seeking a shared baseline on the external environment; strategy and risk teams responsible for advising leadership; general counsel and legal teams tracking sanctions, regulation and political risk; government affairs and corporate affairs teams interpreting policy and reputation; investors and family offices thinking about portfolio exposure; and professional services firms advising clients in a more uncertain world.
It is also useful for any organisation operating across borders, dependent on global supply chains, exposed to political risk, or making decisions in markets where governments, regulation and strategic competition increasingly shape outcomes.
If one person inside your organisation has become the “geopolitics person”, Corporate Membership is a simple way to stop relying on one person’s informal reading of the world and start building a shared capability.
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CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP IN PRACTICE
Board & Executive Team — Shared geopolitical baseline for strategy discussions and major decisions.
Legal, Risk & Government Affairs — Common monitoring framework for sanctions, regulation and political risk.
Investors & Family Offices — Structured interpretation of geopolitical developments affecting markets and portfolios.
Professional services firms — A way for partners and client teams to stay ahead of the geopolitical issues shaping client conversations.
BEYOND GEOPOLITICAL DISPATCH
Advisory Services
Corporate Membership gives boards and leadership teams a shared geopolitical baseline. Some organisations then need deeper support on a specific question: where are we exposed, what should we monitor, which scenarios should we prepare for, what should the board be shown, and what should we do now?
That is where Geopolitical Strategy’s advisory work begins.
What you read in Geopolitical Dispatch each day is the visible tip of a much larger project. Geopolitical Dispatch is the public version of the analytical process we use in our advisory work with boards, executives, investors and institutions.
Geopolitical Strategy works with leadership teams to translate geopolitical uncertainty into practical judgment and action. Our advisory work helps organisations identify where geopolitical risk reaches them through markets, supply chains, regulation, technology, capital and counterparties, then translate those exposures into board-ready judgment, watchpoints and decisions.
Intelligence
Executive briefings, bespoke reports and Key Intelligence Requirements work to help organisations understand what is changing, why it matters, what to watch and what to ignore.
Strategy
Workshops, scenario planning, exposure mapping, risk assessment, crisis simulations and strategy retreats help leadership teams test assumptions, identify priorities, prepare for disruption and recognise opportunities created by geopolitical change.
Diplomacy
Keynote speeches, private addresses, executive positioning, speechwriting and country or regional immersion programs help leaders engage more effectively with governments, international organisations, global forums and foreign markets.
We help leaders understand the room before they enter it, the negotiation before they join it, and the geopolitical context before they make a strategic move. If you would like to learn more, contact us.
ABOUT
Written by former diplomats
Geopolitical Dispatch is published by Geopolitical Strategy, an advisory firm founded to help organisations understand and navigate a more contested world.
We combine the habits of mind of diplomacy, intelligence and strategic advisory work. Our focus is not prediction for its own sake. It is judgment: what matters, what does not, what may change, where organisations may be exposed, and how leaders should think about positioning.
We are deliberately called Geopolitical Strategy rather than Geopolitical Risk. Geopolitics creates risks, but it also creates opportunities. Our work helps organisations understand both.
Michael Feller — Chief Strategist
Michael Feller is Chief Strategist of Geopolitical Strategy and author of the Daily Dispatch and Week Signals. He is a former diplomat, adviser to Australian prime ministers, financial strategist and business journalist. His work brings together geopolitical judgment, macroeconomic context and strategic interpretation.
Damien Bruckard — Head of Advisory
Damien Bruckard is founder of Geopolitical Strategy and Head of Advisory. He is a former Australian diplomat, trade negotiator and international lawyer, with experience in Moscow, multilateral diplomacy and senior international business engagement through the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. He delivers the Quarterly Outlook and writes an occasional column called Irregular.
Christian Habla — CEO
Christian Habla leads the firm’s commercial and strategic development and moderates the Private Monthly Roundtables. He is a former senior Australian public servant, McKinsey strategy consultant and commercial lawyer.
We are supported by senior advisers, including former ambassadors, defence officials, trade negotiators, ministers and international business leaders. Their role is to bring real-world experience, judgment and perspective to the issues that matter for boards, executives and organisations.
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