Trump Orders Covert CIA Operations in Venezuela, S&P Downgrades France's Credit Rating, AU Suspends Madagascar Over Military Takeover, Germany Pushes for A Pan-European Stock Exchange, and More
Grinfi Political Risk Intelligence Brief
Welcome to this week’s edition of Grinfi Political Risk Edge, your trusted source for expert political risk analysis and strategic intelligence. Thorough, insightful, and industry-focused. In this issue, we examine key geopolitical events shaping global markets and provide deep, beyond-the-headlines assessment. We deliver clarity in uncertainty and strength in decision-making. Anticipate, Adapt, and Excel!
But first, the Grinfi Geostrategic Pressure Points September Report has been published. Read it here.
Now, let’s begin the week with a laugh 😄 to brighten the mood.
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“On ne se discipline pas soi-même; des enfants réunis sans maître ne s’élèvent pas; ils jouent et perdent leur temps. De la foule ne peut sortir assez de raison pour gouverner et réformer un peuple.”
(One does not discipline oneself; children put together without a master do not raise themselves; they play and waste their time. From the mass cannot emerge enough reason to govern and reform a people.)
Ernest Renan, La Réforme intellectuelle et morale. Paris: Lévy Frères, 1871. Accessed via Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58130553
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From Grinfi Political Risk Observatory (GPRO), here’s what we’re monitoring:
High Impact Situational Updates
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Last week, several strategic events reshaped the global risk environment with direct consequences for security, markets, and regulation.
“At Grinfi, we track immediate/direct fragility and systemic contagion (cascading effect), ensuring leaders see risks before they spread.”
In the United States, Washington adopted a more assertive stance on both foreign and domestic fronts.
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he had authorized covert CIA
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