Sharpening
Strategies

Political and geopolitical insight for leaders making consequential decisions.

Acuti Associates is a political & geopolitical advisory firm, and has been formed to offer direct discreet advice to the most senior business leaders.

We help our clients see the landscape more clearly, understand what matters, and sharpen the strategies that follow.

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A joint inititative to help boards make better decisions

Inside Insights

Inside Insights delivers concise, informed analysis of the political and geopolitical developments shaping markets, industries and the global business environment. Designed for decision-makers, it provides the context and perspective needed to understand emerging risks, shifting priorities and key developments around the world.

Politics is increasingly shaping the choices businesses make.

Markets, regulation, trade, national security, technology and reputation are becoming harder to separate from the political environment in which companies operate.

Acuti Associates works with senior leaders at moments when the implications are significant, the information is imperfect and judgement matters.

Our role is not simply to explain events. It is to help leaders determine what they mean for their organisation, and what to do next.

Judgement for a more uncertain world

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Acuti Associates Partner Tim Hames explores the defining geopolitical rivalry of our time in his new book, War or Peace? Looking ahead to the next twenty-five years, Hames examines the relationship between the United States and China and asks whether their growing competition will lead to conflict, or whether another path is possible.

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The City Food and Drink Lecture 2026

Acuti Associates partner Ian Wright CBE joins the panel at the 2026 City Food & Drink Lecture, sharing his insights on the future of Britain’s food and drink industry and the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Watch the discussion.

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Inside Inights

Some statistics we’re proud to share:

  • 38

    Guides in the archive to date

  • 47,000

    Words of analysis (approx.)

  • 25+

    Countries covered

  • 12

    Months transformed from a weekly email to a body of work

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