Risk Insights

  • Morocco: Western Sahara – a neglected conflict
    Morocco: Western Sahara – a neglected conflict
    Date first published: 26/11/2020 Key sectors: mining; commercial transport Key risks: war on land; business disruption; unrest   Risk Development...
    ake-intel
    02 December 2020
  • Afghanistan: The US’s longest war and the impossibility of ending it
    Afghanistan: The US’s longest war and the impossibility of ending it
    Date first published: 19/11/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil war; troop deployments; terrorism   Risk development Serious questions are bei...
    ake-intel
    26 November 2020
  • Ethiopia: A war by any other name
    Ethiopia: A war by any other name
    Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; external conflict;political instability; economic risks Date first published: 17/11/2020   Risk de...
    ake-intel
    18 November 2020
  • France – Middle East and North Africa: Repercussions of the ‘prophet row’
    France – Middle East and North Africa: Repercussions of the ‘prophet row’
    Date first published: 03/11/2020 Key sectors: retail; food & drink; luxury fashion Key risks: sanctions; FoP; CF; terrorism On 16 October French...
    ake-intel
    04 November 2020
  • Bolivia: MAS Evo?
    Date first published: 27/10/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: policy continuity; political instability; civil unrest The leftist Movement to Socialism ...
    ake-intel
    29 October 2020
  • Armenia – Azerbaijan: A tangled conflict
    Armenia – Azerbaijan: A tangled conflict
    Date first published: 20/10/2020 Key sectors: all; oil and gas Key risks: external conflict; regional stability On 27 September conflict reignited bet...
    ake-intel
    22 October 2020
  • Chile: Imposed agenda; uncertain reform
    Chile: Imposed agenda; uncertain reform
    Date first published: 14/10/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; policy continuity; looting; arson attacks; violent clashes Chile faces two ...
    ake-intel
    15 October 2020
  • Cameroon: One year after failed dialogue, revived peace process offers hope
    Cameroon: One year after failed dialogue, revived peace process offers hope
    Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; political violence; political stability Date first published: 06/10/2020 4 October marked the anniversa...
    ake-intel
    08 October 2020
  • Mexico: Unrest over the water debt
    Mexico: Unrest over the water debt
    Date first published: 29/09/2020 Key sectors: agriculture; commercial; public services Key risks: damage to infrastructure; revenue loses; business di...
    ake-intel
    02 October 2020
  • Saudi Arabia – United States: What a Biden presidency would mean for Riyadh
    Saudi Arabia – United States: What a Biden presidency would mean for Riyadh
    Date first published: 28/09/2020 Key sectors: oil & gas; infrastructure Key risks: energy security; sanctions US Presidential Democratic nominee J...
    ake-intel
    01 October 2020
  • United Kingdom: Another Brexit crisis
    Date first published: 15/09/2020 Key risks: trade disputes; political stability; frustration of process Key sectors: all Much has happened in the Uni...
    ake-intel
    16 September 2020
  • Mexico: Bullets, not hugs
    Mexico: Bullets, not hugs
    Date first published: 10/09/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: organised crime; cartel violence; attacks; business disruption There seems to be no silve...
    ake-intel
    10 September 2020