Beliefs

Beliefs are key drivers of the local economy and business environment across 20 different domains. These are intangible bits of local wisdom that, taken as a whole, create real understanding of the local environment.

Domains analyzed include:

• Competitiveness
• Demographics & Human Capital
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Environment
• Financial System
• Firms
• Food & Water
• Geopolitics & Defense
• Governance & Law
• Health
• Households
• Information Dynamics
• Infrastructure & Urbanization
• Macroeconomics & Growth
• Non-Interstate Conflict & Security
• Politics
• Social Cohesion
• Societal Resilience
• Technology & Innovation
• Transportation & Logistics

~55-60 pages in length

Risk Environment

Which risks show up the most in this market? Which risks are most impactful? We've gathered data--across 26 risk categories--on what people on the ground were talking about, writing about, and worried about over the last 12 months.

This section is comprised of three sub-sections:

• Risk Frequency: Which risk categories were most talked about and most written about?
• Risk Subcategories: A detailed breakdown of risks by category and sub-category over the last 12 months.
• Risks Prioritized: Which risks are most impactful and most important to mitigate in this market?

~10 pages in length

Risk Events

What risk events actually occurred over the last 12 months? We outline all the major ones across 26 risk categories.

• Accidents
• Climate Change
• Communal and Religious Strife
• Corporate Corruption or Fraud
• Crime
• Critical Infrastructure Failure
• Cyber Attacks and Data Loss
• Epidemics and Pandemics
• Extreme Weather Events
• Geopolitical Conflict and Disputes
• IP Protection
• Man-made Environmental Disasters
• Natural Disasters
• North Korea
• Political Scandal or Corruption
• Pollution
• Privacy
• Product Recalls
• Protest, Demonstration, Dissent
• Regulation
• Regulatory Enforcement Actions
• Shifting Geopolitical Alliances
• South China Sea
• Strikes and Work Stoppages
• Supply Chain Issues
• Terrorism

~40-50 pages in length

Region, City, Neighborhood

This section looks at risks and opportunities in the area of interest at three distinct scales: the region, the city, and the neighborhood.

Within each scale, we examine what infrastructure, services, transit, and risk-attracting entities exist and how for those entities are from your area of interest.

We conclude each scale with an analysis of that scale, summarizing the situation on the ground.

Infrastructure, ports, transit, services, and risk are covered at every scale. These maps are not for navigation, but best understood as heat maps, showing the concentration of "Points of Interest" at each scale.

~40 pages in length

Regional Focus: Infrastructure

City Focus: Risk

Neighborhood Focus: Services

Site Analysis

This section looks directly at the specific site you are interested in.

We provide an analysis of the site, assets on the ground, and the immediate area around the site.

We conclude with a description of the site and an analysis of site-specific risk based on past events at the site, in the area, and nationally.

~6 pages in length

Current Issues

What's happening right now? What is everyone on the ground talking about, writing about, and concerned about right now?

Current Issues are derived from the "Developments" of the past two weeks--what was reported on in our country intelligence Daily Briefings over that period. We select only those developments spanning the whole of the last week (or longer) for inclusion.

~5-8 pages in length