About Russell Parrott

The Global AI & Geopolitical Disruption Brief is researched, written and curated by Russell Parrott, an independent researcher and writer specialising in the intersection of artificial intelligence and geopolitics. His work is read by a global audience that includes government officials, UN delegations, regulatory bodies and senior executives across multiple industries.

Russell approaches the AI question from an angle most analysts ignore. Rather than framing artificial intelligence as a routine technology purchase or an engineering challenge, he positions it as a strategic resource sitting at the centre of modern supply-chain and geopolitical risk. He researches where organisations have quietly built fragile single-source dependencies, how diverging regulatory regimes across borders can freeze business operations and whether a company can keep functioning when critical technology is suddenly withdrawn from the market.

The core question behind the brief

At its heart, the Brief confronts one uncomfortable scenario: what happens to your organisation if external AI access is restricted, regulated or severed without warning?

Most enterprises today operate as though AI services were permanent fixtures that assumes the platforms, cloud vendors and digital infrastructure they rely on will remain accessible, lawful and affordable indefinitely. But as international tensions reshape the technology marketplace, that comfortable assumption has become one of the most underestimated commercial vulnerabilities of the decade.

Russell's mission is straightforward: to give decision-makers the foresight and practical tools to withstand sudden technological disruption before it arrives, not after.