To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk

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Ten lessons from history on the dos and don'ts of analyzing political risk Our baffling new multipolar world grows ever more complex, desperately calling for new ways of thinking, particularly when it comes to political risk. To Dare More Boldly provides those ways, telling the story of the rise of political risk analysis, both as a discipline a

John C. Hulsman is president of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, a prominent global political-risk consulting firm. His books include Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World (Pantheon), The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Princeton), and To Begin the World Over Again: Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad (St. Martin's). He lives in Milan, Italy.

"This is a compelling read, rich in insights and alternately courageous and outrageous."---A. W. Purdue, Times Higher Education "A consistently interesting history of political risk analysis."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "John Hulsman is one of those alarming polymaths who appear to have read nearly everything, seem to remember most of it and then are able to put all that information to work, making it leap through a vast range of entertaining intellectual hoops to find answers to questions that matter a great deal, the key one being: What is really happening in the world and what does it mean?"---James Hansen, Aspenia "[A] discursive, interesting, insightful book."---I. William Zartman, Rest Journal "[A] discursive, interesting, insightful book "---William Zartman, The Rest