RidgePoint | Global provides clients with on-the-ground research and analysis, customized geopolitical and market monitoring services, and thought leadership across a range of topics. With over 20 years of international expertise, we provide solutions and identify opportunities in emerging markets and fast-growth industries across the globe.
Brian P. Klein
Founder and Chief Global Strategist
Brian has spent the past twenty years providing insights and analysis on geopolitical, economic, and market-moving topics in both the public and private sectors. He is a contributing writer for Barron’s, NikkeiAsia, and the South China Morning Post with commentary on geopolitics, foreign policy, macroeconomics, and climate change.
He is a former U.S. diplomat with service at the White House, U.S. Department of State, and at overseas posts. He was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow based in Japan.
He has also been a featured commentator on Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg radio, the BBC, and quoted in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. His analysis and commentary has also appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek (Japan).