Perspective Runs

Advise from a different seat.

The Foundation recorded your own judgment across seven dimensions. A Perspective Run asks you to advise from a defined strategic position, such as an exposed ally or a rising power. Your baseline stays unchanged.

Every brief covers the same three situations: a seventy-two-hour security shock, an authority decision under public pressure, and a strategic economic exposure. The chair changes; the problems repeat.

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Role brief

Incumbent great power

Advise a state with global commitments, established advantages, and allies who watch how it uses power.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

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Rising peer competitor

Advise a state seeking greater influence while facing containment risks and an established coalition.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

Role brief

Exposed ally or vulnerable small state

Advise a state whose survival depends on credible partners, rapid warning, and room for independent judgment.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

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Middle power or nonaligned hedger

Advise a state protecting policy autonomy while major powers compete for access and alignment.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

Role brief

Developmental or capacity-constrained state

Advise a state balancing urgent development needs, limited administrative capacity, and unequal external leverage.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

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International institution or protection authority

Advise an institution charged with preserving access, legitimacy, and protection across competing state interests.

On the agenda

  • Security shock
  • Public authority under pressure
  • Economic exposure

3 scenarios · about 5 min

Runs save to this device only when you choose to keep them. The result shows how your answers from that strategic position differ from your baseline across the same seven dimensions. Read methods