Geopolitical Dispatch
The world, better understood.
Geopolitical Dispatch is an independent publication on international affairs, written by former diplomats. We examine what countries want, what they can actually do, and what follows for the rest of us. Our writing is concise, forthright and alive to the absurd.
Our purpose
Geopolitics is reshaping business, markets and economies as the international order changes. Understanding those shifts requires attention to the bigger picture and to the particulars of each country and relationship.
We draw on our diplomatic experience and the analytical habits we learnt in government to explain unfamiliar developments, connect events that might seem unrelated and put the news in historical perspective. Our aim is to help you understand what is changing, why it matters and what to make of it.
What we publish
Each weekday, the Daily Dispatch examines five developments from around the world. Each concise analysis explains what has happened, why it matters and what might follow for international politics, business and markets.
The complete edition is designed to be read in ten minutes. We bring together major events and consequential stories you might otherwise overlook, with historical perspective, clear judgments and occasional terrible puns. Read regularly, the Daily Dispatch helps you connect places, events and ideas, building an understanding that carries from one edition to the next.
Free subscribers receive the first of the five weekday analyses. Paid subscribers receive the complete Daily Dispatch.
Our occasional Irregular essays take a longer look at the histories, ideas and strategic questions behind the news.
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Our values
We take a global view. We analyse not just front-page news or what gets media attention, but also meaningful under-reported geopolitical developments. A truly global context matters in a highly connected world.
We are realists. We take countries’ interests, perspectives and constraints seriously. We try to understand different sides of a story, even when we have our preferences. And we always take care to distinguish facts from our interpretation.
We are independent. We do not advertise. We have no party affiliations. We call matters as we see them. And we always offer a view.
We believe serious reading should be a pleasure. We put care into the writing, the analysis and the art. Minimal fluff, maximum puns.
And we will forever remain, for better or worse, human. No artificial flavours, no artificial intelligence. We think hard about the world and believe that matters more than ever. And we want our readers too, as well.
Who we are
The Daily Dispatch is written by Michael Feller, a former diplomat, advisor to the Australian prime minister, investment strategist and financial journalist. Damien Bruckard, a former diplomat, trade negotiator, international lawyer and International Chamber of Commerce executive, contributes the Irregular essays.
Our worldview is shaped by our prior experience working as diplomats, advising leaders in government, international organisations and the private sector, and a common interest in history, philosophy and psychology.
Geopolitical Dispatch is published by Geopolitical Strategy, an independent geopolitical advisory firm.
For organisations
We also offer group and organisation-wide subscriptions. Organisation-wide access gives everyone in your organisation the full Daily Dispatch through their work email address, for one flat fee.
