Our Approach

How we get you up to speed quickly.

We combine expert credibility with a carefully designed, interconnected system to help users learn faster, deeper, and more holistically.

The Sage System

From triggering event to informed decision.

Four steps, from the moment a crisis erupts or a portfolio changes to the decisions our users go on to make.

Triggering Event

A crisis erupts
A portfolio changes

Creates a Need to Get Up to Speed

Every new portfolio or crisis creates two urgent priorities:

Get smart on the country
Monitor ongoing developments

Sage Delivers the Expert's Toolkit

Sage provides an integrated suite of tools that professionals can trust to get up to speed quickly and monitor developments.

Sphere

A bilateral relations map that shows global political alignments at a glance.

Global Stories

A guide to geopolitical factors that shape a country's global positioning.

Blueprint

A comprehensive, deep-dive guide to learning and monitoring a country.

Informs Critical Decision-Making

Sage gets professionals up to speed fast, allowing them to focus on their core work:

Journalists write the front-page stories millions will read with faster access to context
Diplomats and policymakers make critical foreign policy decisions on trusted footing
Leaders make high-stakes calls with clarity and context
Analysts deliver briefings grounded in timely information

Expert Community

A vetted community of the world's top country specialists underpins all of Sage's work.

Trustworthy content by vetted experts

What sets us apart is our rigorous expert-vetting process. Country experts are selected by their peers, ensuring only the most credible, “cream of the crop” specialists contribute to our projects. This system guarantees that the content, whether in Blueprint, Global Stories, or Bilateral Map, is reliable and trustworthy.

A cohesive, expert-driven learning system

All components of the platform feed into each other, forming a seamless, modular system. This design allows users to get up to speed quickly on any country or issue, and access everything they need, from trusted experts to curated knowledge, in one place.

The Sage Institute.