Low Intensity Conflict Consultancy

Operating across borders is never simple. It’s complex. Volatile. Unforgiving. What works in one jurisdiction might invite scrutiny in another. What’s legal on paper may be dangerous in practice. What feels stable today may already be in motion beneath the surface.

Potter & Co. advises clients who operate in these realities every day. We specialize in geopolitical risk and international operations for institutions, executives, investors, and leaders who cannot afford surprise.

We are not geopolitical theorists. We are not a risk desk in an office building. We are field-informed, strategy-driven, and deeply embedded in the systems that shape power, policy, and perception worldwide.

Our team advises across sectors—energy, finance, defense, philanthropy, technology, humanitarian response, and government affairs. From global expansion to political exposure, from regional instability to regulatory collision, we help clients understand the terrain and move accordingly.

This is not about forecasting. This is about readiness.

We don’t wait for the headline. We see it coming. We map influence networks, anticipate regime pressure, assess corruption risk, and decode political theater from true volatility. We help clients understand who controls what, and why it matters to their presence, security, and future.

And when things escalate, we’re already in place.

Our Low-Intensity Conflict Consultancy services are specifically designed for environments that are dangerous without being declared. Where the battlefield isn’t conventional. Where diplomacy, disinformation, paramilitary pressure, and factional power struggles replace open warfare.

These are the spaces where policy meets shadow tactics. Where governance is blurred by informal influence. Where alliances change quickly, and foreign presence can trigger escalation.

We advise clients working in these spaces—companies with regional contracts, nonprofits with field teams, private citizens navigating hostile environments, and multinational institutions with exposure to politically sensitive zones.

We support situational awareness, contingency planning, in-country security reviews, reputational risk mapping, and the silent diplomacy required to operate safely in contested environments.

Sometimes that means advising on extraction routes and local asset protection. Other times, it’s about understanding the invisible power dynamics around a new infrastructure deal. In every case, we focus on one goal: keeping our clients operational, safe, and one move ahead.

International operations demand more than translation. They demand context. Culture. Timing. Trust. You can’t rely on risk assessments written for insurance brokers or lobbyists. You need facts filtered through understanding. You need assessments that speak to your mission, not just the map.

We also understand how fast stability can unravel.

A peaceful protest turns into a civil clash. A regulatory inquiry turns into a political vendetta. A routine inspection turns into a diplomatic incident. In those moments, how you act defines what happens next.

Potter & Co. is designed for that moment.

We help clients avoid getting pulled into local narratives that don’t serve them. We prepare messaging, establish off-ramps, and build protective strategy before the moment of contact. We neutralize risk not by confrontation, but by alignment, influence, and clarity of purpose.

We’ve advised clients during contested elections, regional crackdowns, military transitions, social upheaval, and civil resistance movements. Our role is never to be the loudest voice. It’s to be the one that already knows the next five moves.

For companies exploring new markets, we conduct discreet pre-entry assessments, examining both formal and informal power structures. We evaluate government relationships, civil resistance history, legal fragility, media unpredictability, and covert opposition.

We also know how to operate when things go wrong.

A team member detained abroad. A facility blockaded by protestors. A data center seized by regulators. A donor program under investigation. In each scenario, we provide discreet, pressure-tested guidance on what to do—and what not to.

Our work is highly confidential. Our clients are often institutions who cannot afford public association with conflict zones, disputed elections, or compromised partnerships. We provide insulation. We protect identity. We allow strategic decisions to happen quietly, before options are lost.

We are also trusted by humanitarian groups and mission-driven organizations who need to operate in sensitive zones without becoming pawns in the political games being played around them. For these clients, we help design low-visibility operating procedures that maximize impact while minimizing exposure.

We don’t offer services that make good headlines. We offer services that prevent them.

Because in geopolitics, success is often invisible.

When the mission continues uninterrupted. When the contract moves forward without fallout. When the brand reputation holds despite operating in hostile terrain. That’s when we’ve done our job.

If your organization is looking outward. If your operations cross borders. If your decisions rely on assumptions you haven’t validated—now is the time to bring us in.

Before the next regime change. Before the next embargo. Before the next sudden silence from the field.