Harmattan's mission is to enable clients to minimize risk arising from instability and conflict, and to
optimize their own impact on stability and peace-building
Business

Growth necessitates expanding beyond borders and this exposes
companies to new risks.

The highest growth is often in developing countries, where instability,
conflict and weak governance can harm a firm's people, reputation, and
business performance.

Additionally, going global means extending supply chains across political
boundaries, thereby increasing the company's exposure to war, terrorism
and the fallout from international disputes.   

International growth is critical to long-term performance, but the benefits
of going global are seldom realized if the risks are not taken into account.

Harmattan Associates helps businesses to identify the risks they face,
and to tailor plans, processes and skills to minimize risk.
Government

The last decade has shown the danger posed by failed and failing states.
Globalization means that instability in one place eventually becomes
everyone's problem.

If the risk of instability is not understood and managed, national
governments and the international community will continue to pay a high
price in terms of conflict, refugee crises, transnational terrorism and the
sum of these: human suffering.  

Governments of states at risk of instability need to be able to develop
effective strategies to minimize the risk of state failure. Governments in
stable countries need to be able to help weaker states with practical and
timely assistance.

Harmattan Associates helps governments and donors concerned with
instability to identify the risks they need to focus on, and to develop options
for addressing them.
Harmattan Associates
Enabling the management of political risk