A specialized practice within Ashton Intelligence

Geopolitical risk and market intelligence.

Clear context for consequential decisions.

What Ashton Analytics Does

Analysis and visual communication for clients navigating geopolitics, policy, and economic change.

Ashton Intelligence and Ashton Analytics have joined forces to combine operational modernization, responsible AI implementation, geopolitical risk analysis, China policy expertise, market intelligence, and decision-support capability.

The combined firm helps clients address both sides of modern business uncertainty: the internal operating friction that slows teams down and the external policy, market, geopolitical, and supply-chain forces that shape strategic decisions.

Ashton Analytics brings deep expertise in China geopolitics, U.S.-China competition, critical minerals, trade policy, geoeconomics, industrial policy, and market-relevant geopolitical risk. Together, Ashton Intelligence and Ashton Analytics help organizations make complexity legible and convert uncertainty into clearer plans, decisions, and action.

Focus Areas

Where the practice concentrates its analysis.

China geopolitics and policyU.S.-China competitionCritical minerals and strategic supply chainsTrade, regulatory, and market riskExecutive briefings and advisory supportResearch, writing, and strategic communication

Ways to Work Together

Briefings, research, advisory support, and tailored engagements.

Strategic Briefings

Tailored briefings for clients seeking clear, decision-relevant analysis on geopolitical, policy, and market developments. Briefings can be designed for leadership teams, investor audiences, internal strategy discussions, or client-facing contexts.

Research & Writing

Research and written analysis for clients who need rigorous, accessible material on complex issues. Projects may include short memos, longer-form analysis, stakeholder profiles, issue explainers, risk assessments, or presentation-ready content.

Advisory Support

Ongoing or project-based support for clients tracking fast-moving developments or managing longer-term strategic questions. This may include issue monitoring, analytical input, framing support, and help translating complexity into usable insight.

Custom Projects / Tailored Engagements

Custom research, analysis, briefing, or advisory projects shaped around client needs, timelines, audiences, and decision-making contexts.

About Anna Ashton

Anna Ashton

Anna Ashton is the founder of Ashton Analytics and a risk consultant specializing in China geopolitics and policy. She provides analysis and advisory services for businesses and investors, with particular focus on China policy, U.S.-China competition, critical minerals, trade, and market-relevant geopolitical risk.

She is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she teaches about the geopolitics of critical minerals competition. Prior to founding Ashton Analytics in 2024, Anna served as a senior director of the China research team at Eurasia Group. She was previously a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and vice president of government affairs for the U.S.-China Business Council.

Earlier in her career, Anna worked as a China intelligence officer for the Department of Defense, supported Asian investment recruitment for Arkansas, and held policy roles connected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Anna holds a JD from Georgetown Law with a certificate in World Trade Organization studies, an MA in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BA in Chinese Studies from Wellesley College.

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