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  • Political Risk Outlook H2 2018 – Ones to Watch
    AKE's Political Risk Outlook Special Report contains a selection of five countries from around the world where the political landscape has been fundam...
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    19 July 2018
  • Libya: The Chaos Continues
    Date first published: 12/07/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; payment risks; political instability Recent months have seen renew...
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    18 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 16 July 2018
    Americas: Privatisations plans likely to continue to stall in Brazil Sectors: all Key Risks: delayed privatisation plans In Brazil, a recent ruling by...
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    16 July 2018
  • Mozambique: Toward an escalation of Islamist violence
    Date first published: 05/07/2018 Key sectors: energy Key risks: terrorism; conflict A series of gruesome attacks by jihadist group Al Sunnah wa Jam...
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    11 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 9 July 2018
    Americas: Haiti to face further disruption amid violent unrest over fuel price hike Sectors: all Key Risks: lootings; violent unrest; travel disruptio...
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    09 July 2018
  • Turkey: The President and the remaining opposition
    Date first published: 26/06/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: banking crisis; lira depreciation; inflation A common joke in Turkey is that the only op...
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    04 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 2 July 2018
    Americas: ELN and government scheduled to resume peace talks Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; terrorism; targeted attacks In Colombia, the g...
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    02 July 2018
  • Russia: The World Cup of Security
    Russia: The World Cup of Security
    Date first published: 19/06/2018 Key sectors: sports; travel; construction Key risks: political violence; terrorism; civil unrest Four years on fro...
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    27 June 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 25 June 2018
    Americas: Mexico set to elect leftist president amid record-high violence Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; targeted political violence; cont...
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    25 June 2018
  • Barbados: A crisis that will rum-ble on
    Barbados: A crisis that will rum-ble on
    Date first published: 12/06/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: sovereign default; domestic default; financial sector stability On 1 June Mia Mottley...
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    20 June 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 18 June 2018
    Americas: Dialogue to ease tensions to remain at risk in Nicaragua Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; policy continuity; violent unrest In N...
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    18 June 2018
  • The 12 June US – North Korea Summit is all about China
    The 12 June US – North Korea Summit is all about China
    Date first published: 07/06/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: sanctions; war; nuclear On 12 June the on-again, off-again historic summit between US ...
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    13 June 2018