Aarathi Krishnan
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Aarathi Krishnan
@aarathikrishnan.bsky.social
Executive Director at RAKSHA Intelligence Futures | Affiliate Cambridge Centre for Existential Risk | Ex UNDP, IFRC | Alumni Tech & Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School & Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University
https://www.rak-sha.com


Built a company. Questioned my life choices. Called it Friday.
Investor decks, UN remarks, risk finance fever dreams, and the existential void of explaining RAKSHA to people who think intelligence is a vibe.

But we moved. We built. We laughed.
Pedro (Head of Morale) carried the team, as usual.
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
May 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
RAKSHA Intelligence Futures' multidimensional intelligence assessment deconstructs how the US Government's 2025 tariff architecture precipitates systemic vulnerabilities across critical mineral ecosystems.

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US Government's 2025 Tariffs: A Decision Intelligence Analysis of Critical Mineral Vulnerabilities
In the age of global, tangled crisis, the ability to be proactive, anticipatory, and adaptable is what ensures resilience. I've been examining President Trump's April 2025 tariff announcements through...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What does RAKSHA actually do? We help our clients navigate the complexity frontier.

Make sense of the worlds chaos.
Make decisions with confidence.
March 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Have you been trying to get a sense of what the global election outcomes from 2024 means?

Our new report, the start of our series in Geopolitical Futures in partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors provides a high level synthesis of key outcomes.

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March 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We need to show up in ways we haven't before. If I can be of support to anyone or any org, please slide into my DMs. If I can support you pro bono, or open up my networks to you, please slide into my DMs.
February 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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In September @newhumanitarian.bsky.social , @refugeesintl.bsky.social, and my org Center for Transformational Change held a panel with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social Alex Gray, Hanin Ahmed and Nadine Saba, who spoke honestly and urgently about possible future states of humanitarian aid. Listen here.
Can power truly shift in a sector whose origins are rooted in colonialism? If not, what lies beyond the international aid system as we know it? 🎧 Listen to 'If not aid, then what?' hosted by wherever you get podcasts: ⬇️
The New Humanitarian
News Commentary Podcast · 2 Seasons · Updated Monthly
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December 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Brilliant live stream (drunk) reporting on South Korea shenanigans. Dare I say it, is original Twitter back? Well done @sarahjeong.bsky.social 🫡
🫡 heading out to see what I can clumsily report on the declaration of martial law in south korea
December 3, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Blessings to all
Grateful to all who have practiced and continue to embody the discipline of hope in dark times.
November 28, 2024 at 7:46 PM
*give all your fucks to the living*. Not institutions.
November 28, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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We live in unprecedented times. That has driven a lot of liberal fear. I reject fear. I embrace imagination.
November 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM
65 countries have gone to the polls in 2024. The US election outcomes add to this. We are no longer in a rules based world order, we are in a power based world order. We need to be prepared to meet this heads on. 1/
November 18, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I run RAKSHA Intelligence Futures. We provide forward looking risk intelligence to understand the triggers of crisis, in advance, so you can make decisions with confidence. #riskintelligence #polycrisis #foresight #emergingrisks #geopolitics
November 17, 2024 at 7:20 PM