Objectives of this Tutorial
In this tutorial, you learn where to find valuable data for geopolitical scenarios. Here you find a selection of research institutes from seven countries and some their valuable publications. These sources are used by both students of my Geopolitical Scenario Planning course at Maastricht Summer School and professionals who take my skills training course about Geopolitical Scenario Planning.
The links are up-to-date in June 2022. If you have questions or suggestions regarding these geopolitical data sources, please contact me.
Research Institutes about Foreign Policy, International Relations and Natural Resources
- Brookings Institute – BI Foreign Policy page
- Center for Strategic and International Studies – CSIS homepage
- Chatham House – Chatham House homepage
- Clingendael – Clingendael homepage
- Council on Foreign Relations – CFR homepage
- Danish Institute for International Studies – DIIS homepage
- Earth Policy Institute – Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
- Royal Institute for International Relations – EGMONT – EGMONT homepage
- Real Instituto Elcano – Real Instituto Elcano homepage
- Energy Information Administration – World oil transit chokepoints critical to global energy security
- Food Security Portal – FSP homepage
- Foreign Affairs – FA homepage
- Foreign Policy – FP homepage
- Foreign Policy Research Institute – FPRI homepage
- Foreign Policy in Focus – FPIF homepage
- Foundation Defense Democracies – FDD homepage
- The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies – HCSS homepage
- International Energy Agency – Analysis
- International Institute for Strategic Studies – IISS homepage
- International Relations and Security Network – ISN homepage
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies – Publications
- RAND Corporation – International Affairs page
- Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies – RUSI homepage
Concluding Remarks
I am aware that this is a rather small selection of geopolitical sources. However, they are highly relevant when you want to get started with writing geopolitical scenarios. Don’t forget to explore additional data sources from other countries as well, depending on the target audience of your Geopolitical Scenario Planning!