Willis Sparks is director of global macro politics at Eurasia Group, the world’s largest political risk consulting and advisory firm. He focuses on top global political risks as well as US politics and elections.

Sparks is a thought leader on risks, opportunities, and trends created by current geopolitical conflicts and political developments in major emerging market countries, as well as on US politics and foreign policy. He works directly with Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer on a variety of macro political risk projects. Sparks has made speeches on market-moving trends in international politics for investor and corporate audiences on every continent except Antarctica.

Prior to joining Eurasia Group in 2005, Sparks worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he wrote on transnational terrorism and US national security. Sparks holds master's degrees in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he specialized in international security policy and the former Soviet Union, and from Sciences Po in Paris. He holds two bachelor's degrees from Brown University and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. In addition, Sparks once worked as a stuntman at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Africa, Asia, China, Economic Forecast, Emerging markets, Energy, Europe, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Latin America, Middle Eastern Heritage, Risk Management, Geopolitics Geopolitics Political,