Our Approach

Periplus serves strategic thinkers who seek clarity and intent. We embrace complexity and find the signal within it. Our networks reveal relationships, alliances, and tensions extending beyond financial and political centres into strategic provinces and market structures.

We integrate relationship-based networks across Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and frontier Asia with sustained dialogue within executive and political circles—translating otherwise inaccessible insights and perspectives into strategic advantage.

The Periplus methodology encompasses:

1. Alignment: Mapping strategic objectives against evident, latent, and unknown factors shaping outcomes through collaborative goal setting with client teams.

2. Deployment: Drawing on embedded relationship networks cultivated over decades to access critical decision-makers, stakeholders, and otherwise inaccessible knowledge.

3. Engagement: Conducting discreet network conversations in native languages, yielding ethically-sourced perspectives and socio-cultural signals beyond conventional sources.

4. Patterns: Revealing deeper connections within human intelligence through advanced analytics, natural language processing, and targeted geospatial intelligence.

5. Synthesis: Integrating field insights with structured analysis to understand underlying patterns and emerging dynamics.

6. Integration: Authenticating findings through methodical verification—including cross-source validation, contextual alignment, and challenge processes—to ensure reliability.

Ethical integrity, cultural sensitivity, and contextual understanding inform every aspect of our work. We align objectives with governance standards, rigorous compliance, sustainable outcomes, and stability.