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Field notes from the analyst desk.
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Speed Is Table Stakes: Why Intelligence, Security and Operations Require More Than Alerts
For more than a decade, speed of alerting has been treated as the defining capability of open-source intelligence platforms supporting intelligence and security missions. The ability to surface breaking events from news, social media, and other open sources in near real time was
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February 2026 Global Outlook
Seerist shares five global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout February.
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Early 2026 Elections Outlook in APAC
An in-depth risk and security outlook on the 2026 elections in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Nepal, covering political instability, civil unrest, and business impacts across APAC.
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Everyone Has AI. Not Everyone Has Credible Data.
Spend some time talking to risk management professionals from a broad swath of vertical industries and you’ll find they all have specialized views of the global risk landscape as unique and varied as the organizations they defend. No two enterprise risk profiles, no two GSOC miss
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2025 Q4 Security Incident Report
Q4 2025 Security Incident Report Seerist’s intelligence team verified more than 33,000 events of war, terrorism, unrest, and organized crime around the world last quarter. Our experts extracted key insights from the data and offer forecasts on what’s to come in the months ahead.
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Training Session: AskAnna
Training session
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Syria: Risk Landscape and Business Opportunities Outlook
A regional Syria risk analysis covering terrorism, unrest, political transition, sanctions, and infrastructure disruption.
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January 2026 Global Outlook
Seerist shares four global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout January.
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3-Day Update: Impacts from US Military Operations in Venezuela
Explore Seerist’s Deep-Dive on Venezuela after the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, covering verified unrest, global protests, maritime impacts, and evolving security risks.
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Ten Global Topics and Trends to Watch in 2026
This 2026 risk report highlights key geopolitical, security, and economic threats and offers insights for business planning.
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Working at the Speed of Thought: Why AI Must Serve Analyst Judgment
I can hardly imagine scrolling through Google results as my only search tool anymore. It actually starts to frustrate me, and it wasn't even that long ago that we all did it every day. It was the only option before we had LLMs to lean on for that. A few months ago, I was sitting
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2025 Myanmar General Elections
Myanmar’s 2025–26 elections are viewed as engineered to legitimize military rule, with ongoing conflict, repression, and global criticism driving heightened security, operational, and reputational risks.
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Pre-Holiday Season Terrorism Trends
Global Q4 2025 terrorism outlook analyzing holiday season risks, regional threats, and likely attack methods across key hotspots.
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December 2025 Global Outlook
Seerist shares four global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout December.
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Enhancing Physical Security Threat Intelligence with Data-Driven Insights
The security industry is a complex field. Physical threats are becoming more frequent and more tightly interconnected with global events, geopolitical instability, and civil unrest. One way risk leaders are working to achieve success despite increasing challenges is by leveraging
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Improving Intelligence Analysis Techniques for Better Decision-Making
Decision-making at the highest level is no easy task. From considering the many perspectives of all relevant audiences to evaluating and assessing complex information in a timely manner to minimizing subconscious and cognitive biases, decision-making is often one of the most stre
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G20 Leaders’ Summit
South Africa will host the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg; expect tight security, crime risks, and localized unrest or protests.
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How High-Reliability Sourcing Underpins Trustworthy AI-Generated Intelligence
Every analyst has a story, likely many stories, of the painful uncertainty they faced upon receiving reports about a developing high-risk situation. It takes time to verify the reliability of a source and trace the origin of a key datapoint. Once the report is confirmed, further
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November 2025 Global Outlook
Seerist shares five global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout November.
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UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30)
Seerist’s Event Report analyzes security, political, and environmental risks surrounding the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30).