Don't just understand the crisis.
Step inside it.

Dr. Benjamin Radd is a political scientist and crisis-simulation designer who puts leaders and audiences inside the world's most important scenarios. A Senior Fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center and lecturer at UCLA Law and USC Gould, he appears on CNN, BBC News, NBC, CBS, NPR, Fox, Deutsche Welle, and other international outlets. He designed the simulation behind War Game (Sundance 2024).

Experiential geopolitics is Ben Radd's approach: instead of briefing people on a crisis, he designs simulations that put decision-makers and audiences inside the scenario so they feel second-order consequences, not just headlines.

A crisis simulation is a structured scenario exercise where participants make decisions under time pressure and see second-order consequences unfold. It is the method Dr. Radd used behind War Game and uses for executive and public programs.

Dr. Benjamin Radd designed the political crisis simulation featured in the 2024 Sundance documentary War Game. He served as consulting producer on the film.

Broadcast: CNN, BBC News, NBC News, KNBC, CBS News, NPR, Fox News, Fox LiveNOW, ABC, CNBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle (DW), Al Jazeera, and Spectrum News. Programs and film: Diary of a CEO (March 2026 Iran roundtable), Piers Morgan Uncensored, War Game (Sundance 2024), and How to Become a Tyrant (Netflix).

Iran and nuclear breakout scenarios, democratic resilience, crisis decision-making under uncertainty, and immersive simulation design for leadership teams and public audiences.

Use the inquiry form on benjaminradd.com. A team member will follow up about speaking engagements, custom crisis simulations, and media requests. Dr. Radd speaks on Iran, democratic resilience, and crisis decision-making.

Inside the Scenario is Dr. Radd's free weekly Substack briefing on geopolitical risk, written for people who want analysis they can act on, not just headlines.