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Free reports, written by role
The atlas is free and always will be. These are short reports that take the method and apply it to one kind of work, so you can decide whether any of this is useful to you before anyone asks you for anything.
Political and country risk analysts
The Classification Problem in Country Risk — Why analyst notes get argued with, and what a coded position does that a label cannot.
Instructing solicitors and counsel
Political Classification as Expert Evidence — What survives cross-examination, and what does not.
Heads of public affairs and government relations
Briefing a Board Without Taking a Side — How to characterise a political actor in a document that reads the same to a board member of any politics.
Academics, think tanks and NGOs
Six Axes: the open codebook — The full coding scheme, the anchor definitions, and an honest account of what the instrument cannot do.
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