Silk Road Associates is a specialist economic and political consultancy. Led by Ben Simpfendorfer, our focus is the fast growing economies that lie along the new Silk Road–from China, India, Egypt, to Turkey.

Our services include economic and political analysis, market strategy, and risk consultancy.

We rely on high-level analysis and street-level observation to make sense of the changes taking place–we are based in the region, travel constantly, and speak the local languages, from Arabic, Mandarin, to Thai.

For more details see our corporate website.

Our flagship publication, China Insider, focuses on China’s latest economic developments and investment themes. It is available to subscribers. More regular commentary is available to the public through the China Insider Blog.

For more details see our China Insider website.

We will also shortly start publishing economic and financial commentary looking at events in Asia, the Middle East, and the broader global economy, available to financial and other corporate clients.