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Political risk becomes costly when organizations notice it only after events have changed the operating environment. Stellant’s geopolitical risk speakers help leaders identify exposure, monitor signals and use scenario planning to prepare for more than one possible future. Their expertise covers country risk, regulation, conflict, policy change and the intelligence sources behind sound analysis. For boards, investors and global companies, these speakers offer practical frameworks for making informed decisions when political and economic conditions remain uncertain.

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Rawi Abdelal
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Rawi Abdelal

Herbert F. Johnson Professor, Harvard Business School

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Bob McNally
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Bob McNally

Founder and president, Rapidan Energy Group

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Meg Rithmire
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Meg Rithmire

James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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Dan Wang
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Dan Wang

Research fellow, Hoover History Lab, Stanford University

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Speakers

Political Risk Speakers

Rawi Abdelal

Rawi Abdelal

Herbert F. Johnson Professor, Harvard Business SchoolFormer director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian StudiesCo-chair, Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Bob McNally

Bob McNally

Founder and president, Rapidan Energy GroupAuthor, Crude VolatilityFormer senior director for international energy, White House National Security Council

Meg Rithmire

Meg Rithmire

James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor, Precarious Ties and Land Bargains and Chinese CapitalismEditorial Boards, The China Quarterly and The China Journal

Dan Wang

Dan Wang

Research fellow, Hoover History Lab, Stanford UniversityNew York Times bestselling author of BreakneckOne of the most cited experts on China

Carlos Gutiérrez

Carlos Gutiérrez

Former U.S. Secretary of CommerceFormer Chairman and CEO, Kellogg CompanyCo-Founder and Executive Chairman, EmPath

Natasha Sarin

Natasha Sarin

Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolPresident and Co-Founder, The Budget Lab at YaleFormer Counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Juliette Kayyem

Juliette Kayyem

Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy SchoolAuthor, The Devil Never Sleeps and Security MomFormer Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Christopher Painter

Christopher Painter

Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. State Department (2011–2017)Board Member, Center for Internet SecurityRecipient, Japan's Order of the Rising Sun

Daniel Benaim

Daniel Benaim

Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Arabian Peninsula affairs (2021–2025)Former senior national security speechwriter to President BidenDistinguished diplomatic fellow, Middle East Institute

Asim Khwaja

Asim Khwaja

Director, Harvard Center for International DevelopmentSumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy SchoolCo-Founder, Center for Economic Research in Pakistan

Angela Stent

Angela Stent

Senior fellow, American Enterprise InstituteFormer National Intelligence Officer for Russia and EurasiaAuthor, Putin's World and The Limits of Partnership

Tova Friedman

Tova Friedman

One of the youngest living survivors of AuschwitzNew York Times bestselling author, The Daughter of AuschwitzHolocaust educator with more than 500,000 TikTok followers

Eli Lake

Eli Lake

Contributing Editor and Columnist, The Free PressHost, Breaking HistoryFormer Columnist, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast and Newsweek

Books

Books on Political Risk

Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times cover

Cass Sunstein

Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times

Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia cover

Meg Rithmire

Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia

Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest cover

Angela Stent

Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest

The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century cover

Angela Stent

The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Keynotes

Conversations on Political Risk

Carlos Gutiérrez

Gutierrez: Uncertainty makes long-term business planning nearly impossible

  1. Carlos GutiérrezGutierrez: Uncertainty makes long-term business planning nearly impossible
  2. Daniel YerginEnergy: Exxon, Chevron Drag Sector Amit Geopolitical Risks (Video)
  3. Rawi AbdelalRawi Abdelal | Expert Strategies for Understanding 2024’s Election Uncertainties
  4. Eli LakeMAGA turmoil amidst the Epstein files fallout | Studio 2 from WHYY | 11/18/25
  5. Juliette KayyemHLS Beyond presents: Why I Changed My Mind 2024
  6. Meg RithmirePrecarious Ties: Business and the State In Authoritarian Asia
  7. Janine ZachariaA conversation with Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart on "Political Risk"
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