About
Global Checkmate is geopolitical intelligence for security leaders. We explain what is happening in the world and what it means for the people and operations you protect.
Who it is for
Two readers, served by the same piece. The curious reader gets the story explained plainly, with context and a map. The security and risk professional (corporate security, executive protection, travel risk, crisis management) gets the bottom line first: who is exposed, what to watch, and how confident we are.
What we publish
- Analysis: the long piece, usually paired with a YouTube episode.
- Briefs: a few paragraphs on what moved today and why it matters.
- The weekly briefing: one email with what moved, who is exposed and what to watch.
Who writes it
Davi Martins
Security and intelligence practitioner specializing in geopolitical threat intelligence, advanced Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), and security operations. Currently advancing formal studies in Cyber Security.
He directs regional security operations, geopolitical threat intelligence, and crisis mitigation across the Americas for global enterprise environments, having led SOC and mission-critical infrastructure security teams for multinational organizations including Pinterest, AWS, and DiDi.
With deep domain expertise bridging open-source investigative intelligence (OSINT), digital surveillance countermeasures, and physical-cyber threat convergence, every piece published on Global Checkmate carries his name because he personally verifies, fact-checks, and signs off on every analysis.
Research and first drafts are produced with AI assistance. How that works, and what we will not do with AI, is on the Methodology page.
Independence
We analyse what governments and groups do and how it changes risk. We do not campaign for or against parties or leaders. Davi also builds security software; where a piece touches a product or client he has a stake in, we say so in the piece.
Contact
Corrections, tips and partnership requests: [email protected].