Risk Insights

  • United Kingdom: Over to EU
    Key Sectors: all Key Risks: political instability; elections; trade disruptions On 22 October, parliament voted to support Prime Minister Boris John...
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    25 October 2019
  • Hong Kong SAR: IEDs and firebombs in Asia’s finance hub
    Date first published: 15 October 2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; internal conflict On 13 October, during the latest wave of city-...
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    18 October 2019
  • Ecuador: Fuel subsidies end, violent protests begin
    Date first published: 10 October 2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; civil unrest; political instability Indigenous-led protests are ...
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    14 October 2019
  • Saudi Arabia: Unfriendly neighbours
    Key sectors: oil & gas Key risks: business disruption; regional instability; cyber-security Around 03:30 on 14 September several projectiles hit s...
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    27 September 2019
  • Guatemala: State of emergency
    Key sectors: all Key risks: violent crime; deadly clashes; extortion; political violence On 4 September President Jimmy Morales declared a 30-day stat...
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    18 September 2019
  • Israel – Lebanon: Is war on the cards?
    Key sectors: defence; all Key risks: war on land On 26 August two drones crashed into the Dahiyah district of Beirut, one into Hizbullah’s media cen...
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    11 September 2019
  • Colombia: New group, new war
    Key sectors: all Key risks: insurgency; targeted attacks; terrorism; armed clashes On 29 August Ivan Marquez, the former FARC guerrilla’s second in ...
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    06 September 2019
  • Argentina: Primary concerns
    Key sectors: all Key risks: policy continuity; political instability; currency volatility; non-payment The 11 August primary elections dramatically ...
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    22 August 2019
  • Kyrgyzstan: An elite fallout in Bishkek
    Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; political violence; political stability It took two dramatic raids in order to detain ex-president Almazbek ...
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    15 August 2019
  • Russia: Moscow’s summer of rage
    Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; political violence; political stability As Moscow’s summer of 2018 is remembered for the exuberant FIFA Wo...
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    08 August 2019
  • Hong Kong SAR: Triad gangs at work
    Date first published: 30/7/2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; civil unrest; organised crime The ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kon...
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    31 July 2019
  • Puerto Rico: ‘Chatgate’, another crisis on the precipice of debt deal
    Date first published: 23/7/2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; political instability; debt crisis Puerto Rico has plunged into a fresh and...
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    24 July 2019