Model

We have two modes of practice:

  • Advisory

    Modernist, prescriptive, offline

    We work with clients who want to understand how global developments affect their fields of interest, as well as the broader implications their ideas and policies may have on international affairs.

  • Research

    Post-modernist, descriptive, online

    We produce work that attempts to serve as an architecture of networked and hyper-emergent international affairs. Here we are trying to supplant old answers with new questions.

The interplay between the two allows us to monetise our curiosities to explore further curiosities.

Management

  • Mishaal Al Gergawi Managing Director
    Mishaal Al Gergawi Managing Director

    Mishaal Al Gergawi is the co-founder and CEO of Axis, an enterprise saas startup based in New York. Mishaal began his career in investment banking at HSBC and Deutsche Bank. He went on to establish a family construction business and then joined the Dubai government as a project manager in charge of establishing strategy for contemporary cultural projects. Most recently, he was the founder and managing director of The Delma Institute, a risk advisory firm located in Abu Dhabi. He holds a bachelor in business administration from the American University in Dubai and a masters of science in finance from Skema Business School. He speaks Arabic and English.