IGRED

Institute for geopolitical risk
and economic development

Analysis of geopolitical risk and economic development.

An independent institute publishing open research on where political risk and economic conditions meet, and what that means for the countries and sectors exposed to both.

Latest reports

Dec 2026

Geopolitical Risk and Economic Development, H2 2026

The first edition sets out the framework and applies it to an initial set of countries and sectors.

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Conflict map

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Where we are watching

An open, source-based overview of active conflicts. Drag the globe, select a marker.

From the knowledge base

Paper

Caldara and Iacoviello, Measuring Geopolitical Risk

Builds a newspaper-based index of geopolitical risk and tests it against investment and employment.

Book

Acemoglu and Robinson, Why Nations Fail

Argues that institutions, rather than geography or culture, explain why national incomes diverge.

Book

Tooze, Crashed

Traces how the financial crisis reshaped the political order across Europe and beyond.

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