Iati Consultants
Iati Consultants provides policy research, analysis, and reports. We deliver quality reports, seminars and workshops addressing geopolitical, development and governance challenges in the Pacific. Our team employs catered methodologies to examine issues ranging from how to navigate the Pacific's strategic and security environment, governance institutions and systems, and sustainable development problems.
We actively assist our clients in understanding emerging trends, anticipated risks, and opportunities in this region and beyond. Our work informs strategic thinking by interpreting regional complexities and formulating clear and effective policy options. We empower informed decision-making for the fast-changing dynamics of Pacific geopolitics, governance and development.
Foreign Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Foreign policy analysis with a focus on how external actors can best engage with Pacific geopolitical issues, and formulate effective strategies for building strong and enduring relations with Pacific countries and institutions.
Strategy & Policy Identification
Developing strategies and policies to address key regional security issues, focusing on human and economic security, ensures stability, protects vulnerable populations, and promotes sustainable, resilient growth.
Development & Customary Land Tenure
Understand development challenges and ways to overcome economic barriers to development, with a focus on how to unlock the commercial potential of customary lands through appropriate cultural, economic, and social-political interventions.
Founder Biography
Dr. Iati has over 16 years of distinguished expertise in Pacific geopolitics and international relations, combining academic teaching, research and publications with consultancy work.
He was a senior lecturer at Otago University before taking up his current role as Senior Lecturer at the Politics and International Relations Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, and Pacific Security Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies.
He has co-authored and edited publications such as "New Zealand and the World", "The China Alternative" and "China in Oceania". His work approach consists of analysing current events through a methodical and unbiased perspective.
Services
Political Consultation
Navigate the complex currents of Pacific political and development challenges with confidence and clarity. . .
Custom-Tailored Workshops
Iati Consultants’ tailored workshops give clients the opportunity to have a deeper and more meaningful engagement with the material contained in our reports. . .
Geopolitical Seminars
Iati Consultants’ exclusive seminars give clients a confidential forum to fully explore the Pacific’s most pressing strategic, governance, development and security issues . .
Reports
Receive definitive insights tailored to your Pacific engagement priorities. We deliver what matters most, when you need it—so you can act with clarity and confidence . .
Analysis & Breakdown
Producing clear and effective policies requires in-depth primary and secondary research combined with rigorous, nuanced, and balanced analysis. . .
Survey Conducting
We provide expert start-to-finish survey and data collection services designed for the Pacific’s unique cultural and political environment, including those involving Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. . .