The Institute

Not a think tank. Not a consultancy. A new category.

ISII operates at moments of systemic transition and strategic consequence — generating strategic insight at the intersection of geopolitics, technology and capital to inform high-stakes decisions, and supporting the interventions that strengthen sovereignty, agency and prosperity. Based in London. Non-aligned by design.

Independence

Independence is the product.

ISII’s authority rests on its independence. No donor, client, partner or Circle member can determine a method or a finding. The research and instruments are published free, for everyone. Counsel to those who act on it remains confidential.

The divide that matters is not between East and West. It is between societies that can see the architecture they inhabit — and those that cannot.

The principals

Strategy, security, capital, technology and media on one masthead.

Ketan Patel

Chair & lead author

Former head of the Strategic Group at Goldman Sachs. CEO of Greater Pacific Capital, chair of Force for Good, author of The Master Strategist.

Glenn Gaffney

Principal · national security

Former CIA Director of Science & Technology; 31 years in the US Intelligence Community; former EVP of In-Q-Tel.

Annika Rao Monari

Research & index lead

Deep-technology founder and AI systems architect. CEO and co-founder of CleeAI; began her career applying deep learning at CERN.

Jon Miller

Principal · media & information

Former Chairman & CEO of AOL and of News Corp’s Digital Media Group; investor in over 100 companies.

Shaurya Doval

Principal

Co-founder and Director of the India Foundation; Managing Director of Torch Investments; 25 years in international investment banking.

Garry Jacobs

Principal

President & CEO of the World Academy of Art & Science; Chairman of the World University Consortium; member of the Club of Rome.

The work is best understood in conversation.

Briefings are led by the principals, and tailored to the institution in the room.

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