Risk Insights

  • Lebanon: The balance of power changed
    Date first published: 18/02/2025 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; governability; political polarisation Risk development On 8 February...
    ake-intel
    19 February 2025
  • China: DeepSeek shakes the AI world
    Date first published: 12/02/2025 Key sectors: all Key risks:  business risks; business disruptions; economic risks Risk development  On 20 January, ...
    ake-intel
    12 February 2025
  • Democratic Republic of Congo: Die by the sword
    Date first published: 04/02/2025 Key sectors: all Key risks: insurgency; war-on-land; regional tensions Risk development On 27 January Rwandan-backed...
    ake-intel
    05 February 2025
  • Gaza and the West Bank – Israel: Signed, sealed – delivered?
    Date first published: 23/01/2025 Key sectors: all Key risks: war-on-land; regional stability Risk development On 19 January a ceasefire agreement came...
    ake-intel
    29 January 2025
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Gang violence reaches crisis point
    Date first published: 09/01/2025 Key sectors: all; tourism Key risks: insecurity; gang-related violence; violent crime; economic risk Risk development...
    ake-intel
    22 January 2025
  • Panama: Panama Canal at the nexus of great power competition
    Date first published: 16/01/2025 Key sectors: all; maritime shipping Key risks: geopolitical conflict; supply chain disruption Risk development On 26 ...
    ake-intel
    22 January 2025
  • Syria: Navigating fragile political stability
    Date first published: 7/1/2025 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; regime change Risk Development On 29 December Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HT...
    ake-intel
    08 January 2025
  • NATO: Whatever the hell they want
    Date first published: 31/12/2024 Key sectors: all; defence Key risks: geopolitical tensions; defence spending Risk development Donald Trump’s loomin...
    ake-intel
    02 January 2025
  • South Korea: Six hours in the crosshairs
    Date first published: 12/12/2024 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; polarisation; civil unrest; governance risks Risk development On ...
    ake-intel
    18 December 2024
  • Syria: A new era of change
    Date first published: 10/12/2024 Key sectors: all Key risks: war-on-land; regime change Risk development On 8 December opposition forces, led by Hayat...
    ake-intel
    11 December 2024
  • Israel-Lebanon: Ceasefire or Déjà vu?
    Israel-Lebanon: Ceasefire or Déjà vu?
    Date first published: 03/12/2024 Key sectors: all Key risks: ceasefire, regional war, geopolitical tensions Risk development On 26 November a 60-day c...
    ake-intel
    04 December 2024
  • Nigeria: Peripheral threat takes centre stage
    Date first published: 26/11/2024 Key sectors: all Key risks: terrorism; internal conflict; governability risks Risk development On 8 November, at leas...
    ake-intel
    27 November 2024