Risk Insights

  • El Salvador: Towards authoritarianism?
    El Salvador: Towards authoritarianism?
    Date first published: 18 February 2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: governability; political stability; civil unrest On 9 February President Nayib Buke...
    ake-ss
    21 February 2020
  • Chile: New norms
    Chile: New norms
    Date first published: 11/02/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; policy continuity; looting; arson attacks; violent clashes Violent unrest h...
    ake-ss
    14 February 2020
  • Gaza and the West Bank – Israel: How not to plan for peace
    Gaza and the West Bank – Israel: How not to plan for peace
    Key sectors: all Key risks: war on land; political violence; terrorism; protests; strikes; demonstrations On 6 February an Israeli soldier was wounded...
    ake-ss
    07 February 2020
  • United States: Boeing’s jumbo problem
    United States: Boeing’s jumbo problem
    Key sectors: aviation Key risks: debt; losses The Boeing Company, one of the world’s two largest airplane manufacturers, faces serious problems. In ...
    ake-intel
    31 January 2020
  • Russia: Much ado about Moscow
    Russia: Much ado about Moscow
    Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; civil unrest; economic Since 15 January Russia has experienced a tumultuous series of political event...
    ake-intel
    24 January 2020
  • Venezuela: The Guaido-Maduro showdown intensifies
    Venezuela: The Guaido-Maduro showdown intensifies
    Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; sanctions; governability; civil unrest On 5 January Nicolas Maduro’s regime moved to seize contro...
    ake-intel
    17 January 2020
  • Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan: Iran crisis threatens its northern Eurasian neighbours
    Key sectors: all Key risks: trade disruption; refugee crisis; energy market disruption; conflict The dramatic assassination of Islamic Revolutionary G...
    ake-intel
    09 January 2020
  • South Sudan: The ceasefire holds, for now
    South Sudan: The ceasefire holds, for now
    Date first published: 10 December 2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; political instability The 12 November deadline for the leaders o...
    ake-intel
    16 December 2019
  • Papua New Guinea: A will but not necessarily a way for Bougainville
    Papua New Guinea: A will but not necessarily a way for Bougainville
    Date first published: 05 December 2019 Key sectors: mining Key risks: political stability; internal conflict On 7 December, polling for whether the Au...
    ake-intel
    06 December 2019
  • Hong Kong SAR: The siege of PolyU
    Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; internal conflict On 26 November a 50-strong group made up of security guards, councillors, Red Cross ...
    ake-intel
    29 November 2019
  • Bolivia: Legitimacy crisis
    Bolivia: Legitimacy crisis
    Key sectors: all Key risks: policy continuity; political stability; governability; civil unrest Bolivia’s government is facing an unprecedented legi...
    ake-intel
    21 November 2019
  • Saudi Arabia: Will the behemoth Aramco float or flounder?
    Saudi Arabia: Will the behemoth Aramco float or flounder?
    Key sectors: oil & gas Key risks: business disruption; contract frustration; policy uncertainty On 1 May 2015 Saudi’s oil behemoth and state cor...
    ake-ss
    18 November 2019