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Bramston IQ serves as the analytical engine of Bramston & Associates, distilling complex global trends into clear, decision-ready insight. Our research division combines rigorous methodology, strategic foresight, and domain expertise across defence, finance, technology, and geopolitical risk. Each report is crafted with uncompromising integrity and objectivity, ensuring that leaders, investors, and policymakers can rely on our analyses to navigate uncertainty with confidence and clarity.

Reports & Research

Rebalancing the Republic: Electoral Reform Options for Mauritius

Earning the Wage Bill: A Mauritius sector-by-sector performance framework that turns public pay into measurable delivery.

The Price of the State: PRB 2026 and Mauritius’ Fiscal–Productivity Crossroads

Bahrain’s Energy Settlement

Bridging Skills and Opportunity

Mauritius at the Threshold

Commentaries

Where Water Must Go: Civil Defence and the End of Stationary Planning

bramston | Security | No Comments

This piece reframes water as a mobile strategic asset in…

The Hydrant Is Not a Plan: Designing Civil Defence Beyond the Comfort of Connected Networks

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A strategic examination of how emergency plans inherit fragile assumptions…

From Heroics to Systems: Why Civil Defence Now Needs Architects, Not Adrenaline

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This piece argues that many civil defence breakdowns stem less…

Engineering Calm: How Predictable Systems Reduce Human Error Under Stress

bramston | Security | No Comments

This essay examines “human error” as a downstream outcome of…

From Equipment to Capability: The Procurement Illusion at the Heart of Civil Defence

bramston | Security | No Comments

This piece argues that civil defence procurement often mistakes equipment…

Water Is the Clock: Why Modern Firefighting Rises or Falls on Water Logistics

bramston | Security | No Comments

This piece argues that modern large-scale fire disasters are increasingly…

The High Cost of Being Small: Namibia and the Economics of Scale

bramston | Development, Geopolitics & Security | No Comments

Namibia’s policy debate often assumes “transformation” is a matter of…

South Sudan & the Myth of the Blank Slate

bramston | Geopolitics & Security, State Formation & Governance | No Comments

South Sudan was not institutionless in 2011; it was governed…

Banking in a Stateless Economy: Why Financial Systems Cannot Precede Authority in South Sudan

bramston | Financial Systems & Governance, Fragile-State Banking & Payments | No Comments

South Sudan demonstrates a hard constraint often ignored in fintech…

Rules Are Not a Growth Strategy: The Limits of Institutional Orthodoxy in Namibia

bramston | Development Policy, Governance & Industrial Strategy | No Comments

Namibia’s rules‑based governance is an asset—but it is not a…

The Unravelling of Order: Venezuela and the Price of Unilateralism

bramston | Geopolitics & Security, State Formation & Governance | No Comments

The capture of Venezuela’s president marks more than a regime…

Namibia: A State That Manages Risk—but Avoids It

bramston | Geopolitics & Security, State Capacity & Peace Implementation | No Comments

Namibia has earned credibility through fiscal discipline, a hard exchange-rate…

Peace Agreements Are Not Operating Systems: The Structural Limits of Mediation in South Sudan

bramston | Geopolitics & Security, State Capacity & Peace Implementation | No Comments

South Sudan’s peace agreements created political containers but not a…

Congo‑Brazzaville: Stability Without Trajectory

bramston | Country & Sovereign Analysis, Political Economy & Growth Constraints | No Comments

Congo‑Brazzaville’s defining feature is not volatility but stasis: political continuity…

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