Klisman Murati

Klisman Murati is a geoeconomic strategist and global forecaster who specialises in decoding how power, economics, and technology reshape nations and markets. As founder of Pareto Economics and inventor of the Global Power Index, a proprietary framework assessing 194 countries across ten dimensions of power, he has earned international recognition for accurately forecasting major geopolitical events, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Germany's 2024 recession. His work has shaped strategy for NATO, the European Commission, and leading multinationals including HSBC, Shell, and JP Morgan, with audiences spanning over 120 countries. Through first-principles reasoning and data-driven analysis, Klisman equips leaders to anticipate structural shifts, navigate geopolitical risk, and build resilient strategies that move beyond reactive commentary to genuine competitive foresight.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Klisman Murati had already forecast it. When Germany entered recession in 2024, his Global Power Index had signalled the structural fragilities months before consensus caught up. These moments of predictive clarity have defined his reputation as one of the world's most trusted geoeconomic strategists, earning him advisory roles with NATO, the European Commission, and multinational corporations including HSBC, Shell, and JP Morgan. As founder of Pareto Economics and Visiting Professor at the Helsinki Geoeconomics Institute, Klisman has built his career on a singular commitment: helping leaders understand not just what is happening in the world, but what will happen next, and why it matters to their strategy.

His intellectual foundation rests on first-principles reasoning, a method that strips away inherited assumptions and rebuilds analysis from the ground up using data and structural logic. This approach gave rise to the Global Power Index, a proprietary quantitative framework that assesses 194 countries across ten dimensions of power and development. It tracks the interplay between globalisation, geopolitics, transformative technology, and societal change, revealing the hidden forces that determine whether nations rise, stagnate, or decline. Before founding Pareto Economics in 2017, Klisman served as a Senior Political Risk Analyst at Global Risk Insights, advising investors and policymakers on geopolitical instability and market exposure. His academic background spans social anthropology, human rights, security studies, financial crime risk, and outer space studies, enriching his capacity to decode complexity across domains. He has since authored hundreds of thought pieces, delivered keynotes to audiences in over 120 countries, and hosts the 4 Corners Podcast, where he explores the forces reshaping global order.

Klisman equips leaders to move from reactive commentary to genuine competitive foresight. His keynotes translate geoeconomic complexity into actionable intelligence, enabling organisations to anticipate structural shifts, navigate geopolitical risk, and build resilient strategies aligned with long-term reality rather than short-term noise. Audiences leave with frameworks they can apply immediately, whether assessing supply chain vulnerability, evaluating market entry decisions, or positioning for the next decade of global change. His candid, non-confrontational style allows him to present rigorous analysis without ideological bias, making complex ideas accessible to corporate boards, investment houses, central banks, governments, and think tanks alike. Scheduled to speak at the AIM Congress in Dubai in September 2026, Klisman continues to shape how the world's most influential decision-makers understand power, economics, and the future.