Executive Education
Executive Certificate In Geopolitical Analysis
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Partnering with RANE a leader in geopolitical risk intelligence and expert network firm, Florida Atlantic University’s Certificate in Geopolitical Analysis will provide business professionals with an understanding of Geopolitics to better identify and plan for global risk versus opportunity in the business cycle.
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Course Benefits
Building a baseline geopolitical understanding and framework can help companies identify critical factors that shape the international business environment. Geopolitics can serve as a frame for mapping out plausible alternative futures, critical both for strategic planning and to rapidly identify the likely course of action and impacts of events.
While businesses have grown adept at using quantitative information and data, geopolitical analysis provides a pathway to complement the quantitative with a better understanding of the qualitative and the unquantifiable.
"The knowledge and skills I've gained will directly support my work by helping me navigate international relationships, analyze global trends, and contribute to meaningful cross-cultural connections. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to deepen their expertise in geopolitics."
Marjorie Hope, Executive Director, America Connected
Through interactive lectures and group practicums, participants in the Geopolitical Analysis certificate program will:
- Review and understand the key concepts of geopolitical analysis, and how geopolitical dynamics shape future business and operational environments
- Learn to use the 7 Pillars of Geopolitics to better contextualize and anticipate global shifts and events and understand their impact on business continuity
- Learn to build ground-up geopolitical assessments to enhance understanding of new markets or re-check assumptions about existing markets and supply nodes based on shifting political, social, economic or security dynamics
- Learn to build geopolitical forecasts and strategic scenarios as tools to identify and mitigate future geopolitical risks
- Learn to integrate tools from the intelligence analyst toolkit to assess information flows from outside and within organizations, and to enhance analysis of geopolitical events to highlight relevance for business operations, identify potential opportunity, and mitigate risk
The course seeks participants who serve in decision-making and analyst roles within global organizations and/or that are responsible for understanding how global events impact their organization’s operations and business continuity. Roles may include, but are not limited to:
- Corporate leadership
- Emerging Markets
- Enterprise Risk and Risk Management
- Government Affairs and Policy
- International Investments
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Political and Economic Analysts
- Research
- Supply Chain
- Trade Analysts