Political Risk Academy

Welcome to the Political Risk Academy

The Two Lanterns Political Risk Academy is an online course and community dedicated to sharing best practices around political risk, political forecasting, and all types of analysis needed to work in a changing political, regulatory, and economic landscape.

Below you’ll find links to all of the lessons. Click to see the videos and supplementary material for each module.

To book a Live Session (after completing Lessons 1, 3, 4, and 6), click below.

Any questions, please email me at croates@twolanterns.co.

Enjoy the course!

Lessons

1.1. What is Political Risk

1.2. Political risk analysis today

1.3. Systems Thinking

1.4. Building a System

2.1. Importance of Cognitive Biases

2.2. Cognitive Biases Part 1

2.3. Cognitive Biases Part 2

2.4. How to Avoid Bias

3.1. Basics of Forecasting

3.2. Common Types of Forecasting

3.3. Influence Bargaining Model

4.1. Long-term forecasting

4.2. Scenario Planning: Foundation

4.3. Scenario Planning: Facade

5.1. Utility of Indices

5.2. Building an Index Part 1

5.3. Building an Index Part 2

5.4. Building an Index Part 3

6.1. Purposes of the monitor

6.2. Wisdoms of the crowd

7.1. Managing political risk

7.2. Daily processes

7.3. Political Risk: State of the Discipline