Founded in 2023 as an arm of London's MB Media Consultancy Ltd, Remarks on Political Violence (OPV) bridges the gap between raw frontline experience and strategic intelligence.
The concept for OPV was born in the world's most volatile conflict zones. From the missile strikes of Kyiv and Gaza to the deserted, drone-monitored landscapes of Iraq and Syria, founder Murad Batal Shishani spent years interviewing militants, analyzing ideologues, and surviving the frontlines. Amidst the chaos, he recognized that standard political reporting consistently ignored how violence fractures business sectors, policies, and human livelihoods.
Because political violence is a permanent global challenge, Remarks OPV provides the objective, evidence-based analysis, training, and advisory products necessary to protect communities and navigate institutional risk.
Remarks OPV adopts a specific definition of political violence as:
This definition is intended to understand the phenomenon as it is, without justifying it, demonizing it in advance, or forcing it into pre-made ideological interpretations. We therefore approach political violence as a complex phenomenon, not a passing event.
Political violence is often treated as an emergency incident or a narrow security file, despite its real capacity to:
Interpreting it through narrow lenses (security, political, or propaganda-driven) produces a partial understanding and weakens institutional readiness to detect risks early and manage their compounded effects.
With the intensity of news flows, the gap widens between the abundance of information and the need for high-density, concise analysis that speaks directly to decision-makers and business leaders. This creates a strong need for fast-paced analytical products that remain meaningful and deep, connecting incidents to their contexts and exploring potential pathways and the shifts they may trigger.
To become a leading regional reference in the Middle East for analyzing political violence and understanding its impacts on individuals, communities, and different sectors, and to help move thinking about political violence away from emotional reactions or narrow security frameworks toward a deeper, more human-centered analytical understanding.
objectivity and intellectual independence, avoiding ideological bias
respect for human rights and refusal to normalize violations
professionalism through source documentation, precise terminology, and adherence to analytical standards
