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Stepwise Risk Outlook highlights and contextualizes over-the-horizon news developments in key regions of the world and industries of the global market, and offers a longer-form analysis piece diving deep on one emerging risk or global flashpoint impacting decisionmakers today and tomorrow. Stepwise seeks to identify and contextualize emerging risks for business leaders and decision makers in every sector, providing insightful guidance and an international perspective on today's ever-changing business landscape.
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Regional Spillover in the Middle East Risks Supply Chain Disruptions and Violence Escalation
March 18, 2026
By: Anni Coonan
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Sanctions Update: March 16, 2026
March 16, 2026
By: Evan T. Abrams, Meredith Rathbone, Karl Hopkins, Guy Soussan, Alexandra Melia, Wendy Wysong, Ali Burney, Quentin Johnson, Elliot Letts, Algirdas Semeta, Melissa B. Mahle, Anni Coonan, Thomas Goldstein, Zayna Dembinski, Wilson Zhao, Zoey Hong, Kiki Dong, Isabella Rao, Jonathan Eaton, Carter Spahn, Chris Dantes
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Terrorism in the Sahel Threatens to Upend US Africa Strategy
March 13, 2026
By: Chris Dantes
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In its Second Week, the US-Israel-Iran War Is Reshaping Global Energy Markets
March 11, 2026
By: Anni Coonan, Dan Arbell
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Sanctions Update: March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026
By: Evan T. Abrams, Meredith Rathbone, Karl Hopkins, Guy Soussan, Alexandra Melia, Wendy Wysong, Ali Burney, Quentin Johnson, Elliot Letts, Algirdas Semeta, Melissa B. Mahle, Anni Coonan, Thomas Goldstein, Zayna Dembinski, Wilson Zhao, Zoey Hong, Jonathan Eaton, Hoi Chung Liu, Carter Spahn, Chris Dantes
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How the Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defense Pact Could Quickly Move from Paper to Reality
March 6, 2026
By: Zayna Dembinski
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What the Iran War Means for Europe: The Outlook for Gas Markets and Ukraine
March 4, 2026
By: Thomas Goldstein
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Sanctions Update: March 2, 2026
March 2, 2026
By: Evan T. Abrams, Meredith Rathbone, Karl Hopkins, Guy Soussan, Alexandra Melia, Wendy Wysong, Ali Burney, Quentin Johnson, Elliot Letts, Algirdas Semeta, Melissa B. Mahle, Anni Coonan, Thomas Goldstein, Zayna Dembinski, Wilson Zhao, Zoey Hong, Jonathan Eaton, Sophia Yang, Hoi Chung Liu, Carter Spahn, Chris Dantes
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Israel’s West Bank Land Moves: A Push Toward De Facto Annexation
February 27, 2026
By: Anni Coonan, Dan Arbell
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The Yen as a Global Risk Switch: Japan’s Normalization and Geopolitical Spillovers
February 25, 2026
By: Carter Spahn
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Sanctions Update: February 23, 2026
February 23, 2026
By: Evan T. Abrams, Meredith Rathbone, Karl Hopkins, Alexandra Melia, Wendy Wysong, Ali Burney, Quentin Johnson, Elliot Letts, Melissa B. Mahle, Anni Coonan, Thomas Goldstein, Zayna Dembinski, Wilson Zhao, Zoey Hong, Jonathan Eaton, Carter Spahn, Chris Dantes
