“For over two decades, we have tracked conflicts, mapped political and investment risk, monitored information warfare, and advised clients on security in a region that spent too long as a testing ground for others’ interests and mistakes. We have learned one thing that no book teaches: the difference between a good decision and a bad one is almost always the difference between an accurate picture of reality and a false one.

We live in a time when information is everywhere, but reliable analysis is increasingly scarce. When everyone has an opinion, but few have grounds for it. When decisions are made under the pressure of speed, yet their consequences last for years. In this environment, independent assessment is not merely an advantage – it is a necessity.

Our clients do not come to us for confirmation of their existing beliefs. They come for an accurate picture of the situation as it truly is – before they sign a contract, before they enter a market, before they make a decision whose consequences they cannot assess alone. That moment – between information and decision – is where ISI operates.

We do not sell optimism. We do not sell pessimism. We sell accuracy. In a world where reality is increasingly manufactured, accuracy has become the most valuable commodity on the market.

ISI is here to meet that need. For governments that must understand the region before they act. For companies entering markets where political risk is not an abstract category but an operational reality. For institutions that need a partner whose conclusions are never shaped by who is paying for them. For those who understand that a wrong assessment is not a mistake – it is a cost.”

Prof. Dr Orhan Dragaš
Founder and Director