Founded 2003 | Founder Michael Weidokal Website www.isa-world.com | |
Services country intelligence, economic forecasting, international market analysis | ||
ISA (International Strategic Analysis) is an international research and consulting firm headquartered in Luxembourg. It provides country intelligence, economic forecasting, and international market analysis to companies, financial institutions, government bodies, and universities.
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ISA was founded in 2003 by American economist Michael Weidokal, who continues to serve as executive director. The firm specializes in geopolitics and international economics. It has clients in more than 150 countries.
Publications
ISA Country Reports: ISA publishes 118 individual ISA Country Reports that provide coverage and analysis of the political, economic, demographic, and environmental issues and trends in each country.
ISA Region Reports: ISA publishes 8 individual ISA Region Reports that contain graphs, charts, and detailed descriptions of each region's economic data, trade and investment statistics, recent elections and other related topics.
ISA Economic Forecasts: ISA publishes Economic Forecasts for nearly 180 countries, including historical economic data back to 1993 and forecast data that goes forward five years.
ISA Risk Forecasts: ISA publishes Risk Forecasts for nearly 180 countries, with risk forecasts covering domestic and international political risk, domestic and international economic risk, demographic and social risk, and environmental and natural disaster risk.
The ISA Global Update: The ISA Global Update is ISA's weekly electronic newsletter covering the key political, economic and business issues and events of the past week as well as an outlook for the week ahead in global business, economics, and politics.
The Global Economic and Risk Outlook: ISA publishes the annual ISA Global Economic and Risk Outlook that previews the global economy for the coming year.
Predictions
In November 2016, ISA predicted that the greatest threats to the global economy were the threat of a larger downturn in China, rising debt levels exacerbated by the strength of the US dollar, and the likelihood of very sluggish growth in Europe and Japan. In terms of political risks, ISA cited the ongoing conflict and unrest across the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia as the greatest threat to global security, along with the potential for clashes in the South China Sea and along Russia’s eastern and southern borders. In addition, growing protectionism in the United States and Europe threaten to reduce global trade and investment levels at a time when the global economy is stuck in a prolonged period of sluggish growth.