Geopolitical tension, sanctions, conflict and fragmentation of trade and technology reshape risk for every sector and can trigger simultaneous shocks to energy, food and finance. This section of the Governance, Security and Society subsite sets records for geopolitical events, sanctions, risk indices and scenarios so that analysts assess exposure with transparent sources and without partisan framing. Every artifact of the area carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier), which identifies and never certifies.
Context entry PROPOSED for the Nexus Standards registry.
Nexus Standards (2026). Geopolitical and security risk: area brief, Governance, Security and Society (PROPOSED). https://nexustandards.com/society/geopolitical-and-security-risk/. Last reviewed 2026-10-17.
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In scope 5
Out of scope 3
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Hazards and threats 5
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UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset and Candidate Eventspending admission
Uppsala Conflict Data Program · monthly candidate, annual final
CC BY 4.0; Foundry register: LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED
build-time snapshotregister row exists
GDELT event database and global knowledge graphpending admission
The GDELT Project · 15-minute
Open for any use with citation (GDELT terms)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Geopolitical Risk Index (Caldara and Iacoviello)pending admission
Caldara and Iacoviello · monthly
Free for research with citation; licence to be recorded by Legal
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Worldwide Governance Indicatorspending admission
World Bank · annual
CC BY 4.0
build-time snapshotproposed register row
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GCRI Canada may admit geopolitical event and index records with method and source as research evidence; GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence and research rules, and no approval is implied.
GRF may use shared geopolitical records as a basis for dialogue; GRF decides under its own recognition rules, and no recognition or endorsement is implied.
GRA may read geopolitical exposure records when it considers cross-border investment; GRA decides under its own capital-readiness rules, and no approval, rating or investment view is implied.
Each institution decides under its own rules what it reads as evidence; no pathway is an approval, a readiness statement or investment advice.
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The working group may name closed standards later; they would be listed here by name and link only.
Records for geopolitical events, sanctions and risk indices.
No working group is chartered yet; a community may charter this one under NS-13 through a docket.
Peer-reviewed sources and published statistics on the publishers' own domains, as the context entry cites them. No Risk Academy faculty pathway is linked to this area yet; one is linked when a faculty publishes a pathway that fits.
Risk Academy disciplines that teach Geopolitical and security risk, with their courses; the GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) subsites that carry those disciplines; and the Nexus Foundry systems the standards name. Mappings are proposed for review (Risk Academy standards map, 2026-10-17); a link says a page on the same subject exists, never an endorsement or a conformance statement; framework names in course titles are named and linked, never reproduced.
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Nexus Standards documents CC BY 4.0 · tooling Apache-2.0 · counsel review pending (DEC-2026-10-16-NEXUS-STANDARDS-OPEN-LICENCE). External standards are named and linked under their own licences; a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies, it never certifies. · Generated from the Nexus Standards corpus at commit 437ae044c5cb (2026-10-17); proposed and open.