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What can war-gaming reveal that traditional strategy planning can’t? In this episode, we explore how it works in practice, what the experience looks like for participants, and what companies can discover through war-gaming. We also take a closer look at Pax Ludens, a business war-gaming simulation for professionals and leaders.
Prashanth Shanmugan is a geostrategist, government affairs advisor and international business advisory specialist working at the intersection of geopolitics, strategy and global business. He is President of the Australian Council on Foreign Relations, a Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland where he is based at the Competence Centre for Mastering the Unknown, and a Reservist Officer in the Australian Army.
Earlier in his career, Prashanth was part of the Shell Global Scenarios team, where he developed expertise in strategic foresight linking energy systems, markets, policy and geopolitics. He now leads a creative advisory practice focused on narrative design, scenario development and public diplomacy, and leads the Pax Ludens initiative, a business war gaming simulation for professionals and leaders.
Prashanth is also an Ambassador for the New Energy Business School in the Netherlands, bringing an Indo-Pacific lens to discussions on energy geoeconomics and global security. Based in Australia, he works across the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
Idag kommenterar vi på den återuppväckta konflikten kring Orange Order marsch i Nordirland och varför en enskild marschväg väcker så starka känslor. Vi går igenom den historiska bakgrunden och hur händelsen prövar freden och maktbalansen i Nordirland.
Del 2: I det här avsnittet återvänder Martin Schmidt till Geopodden för att diskutera hur Europa kan återfå konkurrenskraft och handlingsförmåga. Vi pratar om långsiktigt politiskt ansvar, energi, teknikutveckling, strategiska råvaror och hur Europa kan lära av USA, Kina och andra delar av världen.
Lyssna på del 1 här: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IlY1inpcMSttqJZlQZJrk?si=udOnQ5lJR-O3vMl6BVH0iw
Martin Schmidt är medgrundare och partner på Beyond Intent AB.
We discuss Canada’s evolving relationship with the EU, focusing on trade, security and defence cooperation. We also explore Canada’s growing ties with the Nordic countries, with a particular focus on Canada–Sweden relations. Finally, we look ahead to the future of Canada–Europe relations.
This episode was recorded on 22 September 2026.
Elizabeth Anderson is a Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Global Security, where her work focuses on cognitive warfare, strategic partnerships, and democratic resilience. She spent over seven years at the ministerial level in the Government of Canada, most recently as Director of Operations and Senior Advisor for International Security to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, where she led Canada's policy response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As a Fulbright scholar, she was a Visiting Associate Fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. She holds a Master's in Global Risk from Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Hur fattar man avgörande beslut när informationen är ofullständig, tiden knapp och konsekvenserna kan vara livsavgörande? Vi diskuterar beslutsfattande i konfliktzoner, riskhantering och geopolitik och varför lokal kunskap och mänskligt omdöme fortfarande är avgörande.
Johan Eldebo är Sverigerepresentant och senior rådgivare för strategiska partnerskap och fragila kontexter på World Vision. Han har tidigare varit säkerhetschef för World Vision i Afrika och har även varit gästforskare vid New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, med fokus på humanitärt beslutsfattande.
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