Country Exposure Map
A comparable view of political continuity, regulatory direction, conflict exposure and operating constraints across relevant markets.
Professional Services
GCGS draws on its research base and international expert network to provide professional consulting services for government bodies, international organizations, corporate clients and nongovernmental organizations. Every service follows the Center’s principles of independence and neutrality.
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Strategic Risk Assessment
Decision-grade exposure mapping for operations, assets and supply chains. The work identifies where political or security change can interrupt business, defines observable warning indicators and links each threshold to a practical mitigation option.
- Suitable for
- Multinational companies, financial institutions and asset managers
- Typical outputs
- Country-risk assessments, sector reports, supply-chain audits and quarterly monitoring briefings
Sector Stress Test
A sector-specific examination of how sanctions, export controls, energy policy or infrastructure disruption could affect revenue and delivery.
Supply Chain Node Audit
A route-by-route review of concentration, chokepoints and substitution options, with accountable mitigation actions.
Indicator and Threshold Monitor
A recurring dashboard that separates background noise from defined escalation signals and decision triggers.
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Policy Consulting
Structured policy choice for public institutions and international organizations. Each engagement compares options, maps stakeholders and implementation dependencies, and makes trade-offs explicit before a recommendation is made.
- Suitable for
- Government departments, international organizations and diplomatic institutions
- Typical outputs
- Policy options, negotiation briefs, impact assessments and country or regional briefings
Option Architecture
Two to four distinct policy courses, each tested against legal authority, delivery capacity, timing and political acceptance.
Negotiation Map
An actor-by-actor view of interests, red lines, possible exchanges and the sequence most likely to sustain dialogue.
Implementation Review
A pre-launch or mid-course assessment of ownership, resources, coordination gaps and measurable consequences.
Decision Briefing
A concise, source-backed briefing built around the choices due now, the uncertainties that matter and the next review point.
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Crisis Simulation and Tabletop Exercises
Facilitated exercises that test how a team decides under pressure. Participants receive timed scenario injects, record choices and assumptions, and leave with an evidence-based after-action plan rather than a generic workshop summary.
- Suitable for
- Leadership teams, crisis managers and organizations responsible for operational resilience
- Typical outputs
- Exercise scenarios, facilitation materials, decision logs and post-exercise assessment reports
Escalation Simulation
A multi-round exercise with incomplete information, changing actor behaviour and explicit decision deadlines.
Continuity Exercise
A test of command, supplier alternatives and communications during a prolonged logistics or infrastructure disruption.
Scenario and Inject Design
A client-specific sequence of events, role cards and decision points tied to real mandates and operating constraints.
After-Action Review
A decision log, gap analysis and prioritised improvement plan with owners and dates for the next validation exercise.
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Custom Research
Commissioned research for questions that do not fit a standard product. The scope fixes the question, evidence plan and review method at the outset, then delivers a transparent analytical record that can withstand internal challenge.
- Suitable for
- Public, private and nonprofit organizations with a defined strategic question
- Typical outputs
- In-depth reports, competitive-environment analysis, forward-looking research and benchmarking
Defined-Question Study
A tightly scoped report that states the evidence base, tests alternative explanations and answers an agreed decision question.
Market and Technology Landscape
A structured comparison of actors, dependencies, policy constraints and plausible shifts in a defined field.
Horizon Review
A documented scan of emerging signals, their confidence level and the conditions under which they become decision-relevant.
Comparative Practice Review
A case-based comparison that explains which practices transfer, which do not and why.
Cooperation process
Initial enquiry
Set out the question, decision context, intended audience and relevant timeframe.
Scope and method
Agree evidence needs, research boundaries, working format, milestones and output type.
Research and review
Gather evidence, test assumptions and review emerging findings against the agreed question.
Delivery and discussion
Provide the agreed output and discuss implications, limitations and possible next steps.