Advisory / Practice 01

Geopolitical & Geo-Economic Advisory

Strategy is a position you can defend across more than one future. We help clients build it.

SouthRock Group is strategy focused. In connection with Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Advisory, our expertise serves to help guide parties and entities confronting challenging international settings. Our strategies will be designed to facilitate your businesses by seizing opportunities in this seemingly new Cold War world of crises while adopting measures to mitigate risks. With an in-depth knowledge of the arena, SouthRock Group is devoted to helping you build a roadmap, make optimal decisions and achieve strategic objectives.

We are the first multicultural and multidisciplinary geopolitical and geo-economic advisory firm based in the United States specializing in the US-Taiwan-China space and related subject matters.

Who this is for

Three kinds of clients.

  • Firms with Taiwan or PRC exposure

    Industrials, semiconductors, financial institutions, and energy operators whose existing strategy was written before the export-control regime and needs re-pricing.

  • Family offices and principals

    Cross-border principals whose personal, political, and capital exposure are no longer separable.

  • Government and policy counterparties

    Foreign ministries, defense agencies, and legislative offices that need a Washington read informed by Taipei and Beijing — not the other way around.

What's included

Five things we do well.

  • Scenario design

    Three or four named futures. The signals that distinguish them. The actions that survive across all of them.

  • Cross-Strait risk diligence

    Pre-investment, pre-transaction, or pre-listing diligence with primary-source readings of PRC and ROC regulatory posture.

  • Sanctions and export-control reads

    What the Treasury and Commerce postures actually mean for your transaction, what is enforced, and what is signaled but unenforced.

  • Capital flow and currency stress reads

    Monthly or event-driven reads on dollar primacy, RMB internationalization, and capital-account stress in Taiwan, the PRC, and the region.

  • Confidential briefings and war-games

    Closed-room sessions with the principal and their senior team. We bring former officials and scholars when the question warrants it.

How we work

A three-step engagement.

  • Scoping

    A confidential conversation with the principal. We define the question that actually needs answering, which is not always the one first asked.

  • Working group

    A small principal-led team assembled for your engagement, drawing on the wider fellowship for specific expertise as needed.

  • Delivery and follow-through

    Written work, an in-person session, and a defined follow-through window so the analysis remains useful when conditions move.

Related analysis

From our public-facing work.