ABOUT GEOPOLITICS ADVISORY
Geopolitics Advisory is an independent geopolitical and strategic analysis practice focused on the intersection of international affairs, security, political risk and economic interests.
The practice provides structured analysis of geopolitical developments and their potential implications for organisations, investors and decision-makers operating in complex or uncertain environments.
Its work is grounded in the premise that geopolitical events rarely exist in isolation. Political decisions, security developments, economic interests and external power dynamics interact to create risks and opportunities that may not be immediately apparent.
Geopolitics Advisory examines these relationships to provide a clearer understanding of what is happening, why it matters and what its broader strategic implications may be.
Geopolitics Advisory is led by MARJAN VELKOVSKI, PH.D., a geopolitical and security analyst with an academic and professional background spanning security studies, defence, private security, international affairs, geopolitical analysis and strategic risk.
His academic work has focused particularly on state sovereignty, international state-building and the political transformation of the Western Balkans, including the relationship between European integration and the changing capacity of states to exercise independent political authority.
This research perspective informs a broader approach to geopolitical analysis: examining not only immediate events, but also the institutional structures, competing interests and external pressures that shape political outcomes over time.
Geopolitics Advisory provides analysis across several interconnected areas:
Assessment of international developments, strategic competition, geopolitical trends and their implications for organisations and decision-makers.
Analysis of political developments, institutional dynamics, regulatory change and country-level risks that may affect operations, investment or strategic planning.
Assessment of security environments, emerging threats, strategic vulnerabilities and the wider geopolitical factors shaping risk.
Analysis of the intersection between political power and economic interests, including trade, investment, sanctions, strategic industries and economic dependencies.
Assessment of critical dependencies involving technology, infrastructure, energy, transport networks, critical minerals and strategic suppliers.
Analysis of China’s, Russia’s and Europe’s global strategic engagement, US-China and wider great-power competition, Russia-China relations, and the evolving geopolitical dynamics of Latin America and other regions, with a focus on how shifting power structures shape international security, economic relations, trade, investment and strategic interests worldwide.
Academic and applied research on geopolitics, international security and political affairs, examining sovereignty, state-building, regional integration, great-power competition, external influence and the transformation of the international system.
Geopolitical analysis is rarely about a single event.
Developments that appear isolated may form part of broader political, economic or security dynamics. Analysis therefore begins by examining the underlying structures, relevant actors, competing interests, dependencies and external pressures surrounding an issue.
The objective is not to predict geopolitical events with artificial certainty. It is to identify the forces shaping them, distinguish material developments from short-term noise, assess plausible trajectories and clarify their potential implications.
The analytical process is structured around four questions:
Geopolitics Advisory operates independently and without political or institutional affiliation.
The practice provides analysis and advisory services rather than political advocacy, lobbying or intelligence collection.
The purpose of geopolitical analysis is not to promote a predetermined position. It is to examine competing interests and available evidence, identify relevant risks and uncertainties, and develop structured assessments that can withstand critical examination.
Independence also requires recognising analytical limitations. Where evidence is incomplete or developments remain uncertain, that uncertainty forms part of the assessment rather than being concealed behind artificial certainty.
Information is abundant. Strategic judgement is not.
Decision-makers rarely need more information for its own sake. They need to understand which developments matter, how separate events connect, what risks may follow and where existing assumptions may no longer hold.
Geopolitics Advisory focuses on the space between information and decision-making: transforming complex geopolitical developments into structured analysis and clearly articulated implications.
The objective is straightforward: to provide analysis that is rigorous enough to examine, clear enough to use and independent enough to challenge assumptions.
Geopolitical, strategic and market intelligence requirements often begin with a specific question, an emerging risk or a development whose implications are not yet clear.
Geopolitics Advisory provides focused analytical support for such requirements, with engagements structured around the issue, scope and decision-making context involved.
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