Middle East Geopolitical Risk Advisor Full Time NEW

InnoSphere Partners is a global consulting and research firm specializing in trade corridor design, infrastructure strategy, and cross-border economic integration. We work with governments, port authorities, and international agencies to strengthen connectivity, reduce logistics friction, and foster resilient trade systems in high-growth regions.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Middle East Geopolitical Risk & Strategic Trade Corridors Analyst to support intelligence-led advisory work focused on geopolitical disruption, regulatory and sanctions risk, and the operational vulnerabilities of strategic logistics and infrastructure systems across the Middle East. This role sits at the intersection of geopolitical analysis, corridor diagnostics, and infrastructure resilience—supporting projects connected to supply chain continuity, energy trade flows, and the protection of critical regional and global trade routes.

Based in Dubai, the Analyst will contribute to structured risk briefs, scenario assessments, and decision-support materials for public institutions, infrastructure stakeholders, and development partners. The work will frequently intersect with Gulf–Red Sea–Indian Ocean dynamics, energy and commodity logistics flows, maritime chokepoints, sanctions and compliance spillovers, and the ways political, regulatory, and security developments affect shipping routes, port systems, and cross-border infrastructure performance.

You will play a key role in translating geopolitical, regulatory, and security developments into actionable implications for corridor performance, investment prioritization, and contingency planning—producing outputs that are rigorous, defensible, and operationally useful.

Key Responsibilities

• Track and analyze geopolitical, regulatory, and security developments affecting Middle Eastern trade corridors, maritime routes, and cross-border logistics continuity
• Produce structured risk notes and scenario briefs linking political and policy events to operational impacts such as transit disruption, rerouting, freight cost volatility, compliance exposure, insurance pressures, and infrastructure vulnerability
• Monitor sanctions, export controls, trade policy changes, and related compliance regimes, assessing implications for trade flows, counterparties, and infrastructure operators
• Conduct corridor-level diagnostics linking port performance, shipping patterns, border conditions, political risk, and infrastructure constraints to identify fragility points and escalation triggers
• Develop scenario frameworks ranging from baseline stress to severe disruption and propose mitigation pathways including routing alternatives, resilience investments, redundancy planning, and institutional coordination measures
• Support stakeholder engagement with ports, logistics providers, infrastructure operators, regulators, and development partners through clear, decision-ready analytical outputs
• Build and maintain risk dashboards and KPI frameworks for disruption monitoring, early-warning indicators, and corridor exposure tracking
• Contribute to concept notes and pre-feasibility summaries for corridor resilience initiatives, including trade facilitation measures, capacity optimization, and targeted infrastructure improvements
• Support rapid-response research during live disruptions, delivering concise assessments with clear assumptions, confidence levels, and operational recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, International Trade, Public Policy, Economics, Maritime/Logistics, or a related field
• 2–5 years of experience in geopolitical risk analysis, strategic intelligence, trade corridor research, sanctions/compliance analysis, or infrastructure advisory work
• Familiarity with Middle Eastern geopolitical dynamics, energy and commodity trade flows, maritime chokepoint risks, and evidence-based scenario development is strongly preferred
• Experience working with public-sector stakeholders, DFIs, donor-funded programs, or infrastructure-focused initiatives is a plus
• Strong analytical writing skills, comfort translating complex geopolitical and regulatory developments into operational implications, and the ability to work under time pressure when needed
• Fluency in English is required

Application Instructions

Please submit your CV and a short letter of interest outlining your relevant experience and motivation. Selected candidates will be invited for a virtual interview and a written case assignment.