Risk Insights

  • Mexico: Untameable fuel theft
    Mexico: Untameable fuel theft
    Date first published: 04/08/2020 Key sectors: oil and gas; commercial assets; public security Key risks: damage to infrastructure; violent crime; reve...
    ake-intel
    05 August 2020
  • Libya: Setting sights on Sirte
    Libya: Setting sights on Sirte
    Date first published: 28/07/2020 Key sectors:oil & gas Key risks:sanctions; political instability; war on land Clashes between the United Nations(...
    ake-intel
    29 July 2020
  • Russia: Norilsk Nickel’s Arctic oil spill
    Russia: Norilsk Nickel’s Arctic oil spill
    Date first published: 21/07/2020 Key sectors: various Key risks: environmental risks; civil unrest On 29 May a fuel storage tank spilled at a power pl...
    ake-intel
    22 July 2020
  • Hong Kong SAR: One Country, One Internet?
    Date first published: 14/07/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; financial risk; frustration of process One Country, Two Internets ...
    ake-intel
    15 July 2020
  • Aviation after COVID-19
    Date first published: 09/07/2020 Key sectors: aviation Key risk: bankruptcy; mergers; state-aid There are few industries that have been more affected ...
    ake-intel
    09 July 2020
  • Iran: Nantaz nuclear nightmare
    Iran: Nantaz nuclear nightmare
    Date first published: 07/07/2020 Key sectors: nuclear; shipping; aerospace Key risks: sanctions; political instability; cyber-warfare; war on land On ...
    ake-intel
    08 July 2020
  • Suriname: Desi desists?
    Suriname: Desi desists?
    Date first published: 30/06/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; policy continuity; sovereign default President Desire Delano ‘Desi...
    ake-intel
    01 July 2020
  • China – North Korea: Three nos: the mantra driving China’s North Korea Strategy
    China – North Korea: Three nos: the mantra driving China’s North Korea Strategy
    Date first published: 23/06/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: external conflict; regional stability On 16 June, North Korea demolished the Inter-Korean...
    ake-intel
    24 June 2020
  • DRC: Kamerhe corruption trial highlights President’s perennial power struggles
    DRC: Kamerhe corruption trial highlights President’s perennial power struggles
    Date first published: 16/06/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: frustration of process; corruption; political instability On 20 June, a Kinshasa tribunal...
    ake-intel
    17 June 2020
  • European Union: A small step towards fiscal federalism
    European Union: A small step towards fiscal federalism
    Date first published: 09/06/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: sovereign debt; economic recovery; fiscal federalism In 1790, Alexander Hamilton, the fir...
    ake-intel
    10 June 2020
  • Burundi: What next after 20 May general elections?
    Date first published: 2/06/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; external conflict; political violence; civil unrest; economic growth Bu...
    ake-intel
    03 June 2020
  • China – US: Post-pandemic relations: more, not less, tension
    Date first published: 28/05/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; economic growth; investment; trade war The United States (US)-Chin...
    ake-intel
    28 May 2020