Risk Insights
- France: The King in Yellow
France: The King in Yellow
Date first published: 11/12/2018 Key sectors: retail; transport; pensions Key risks: civil unrest; vandalism; political instability President Emmanue... - Ukraine – Russia: Provocations or political games in the Kerch Strait
Ukraine – Russia: Provocations or political games in the Kerch Strait
Date first published: 4/12/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: conflict On 25 November, Russia fired on three Ukrainian navy vessels, subsequently seizi... - Brazil: Bolsonaro
Brazil: Bolsonaro
Date first published: 22/11/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: policy uncertainty; governability The election of far-right former captain Jair Bolsonar... - Pakistan: A second surrender to extremists
Pakistan: A second surrender to extremists
Date first published: 13/11/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; political violence; political stability Mass religious protests led by Cle... - Sri Lanka: Crisis in Colombo
Sri Lanka: Crisis in Colombo
Date first published: 6/11/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; debt; investor confidence On 26 October, President Maithripala Siri... - Syria: Syria’s future hangs in the balance of Idlib deal
Syria: Syria’s future hangs in the balance of Idlib deal
Date first published: 30/10/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: all On 17 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip... - Pakistan: Islamabad turns to the IMF
Pakistan: Islamabad turns to the IMF
Date first published: 25/10/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: foreign currency shortages; fiscal crisis; austerity On 23 October Pakistan’s Prime Min... - Brazil: Expected polarisation
Brazil: Expected polarisation
Date first published: 9/10/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: policy uncertainty; electoral unpredictability; governability Polarisation has been one of... - Maldives: An end to political infighting?
Maldives: An end to political infighting?
Date first published: 4/10/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; political instability On 24 September President Abdulla Yameen formally conc... 
Russia – Ukraine: The battle of the Churches
Date first published: 27/09/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest, property disputes The Russian Orthodox Church recently announced that it wi...- Colombia: ELN peace talks at high risk of collapse
Colombia: ELN peace talks at high risk of collapse
Date first published: 18/09/2018 Key sectors: oil and gas; electricity; security forces Key risks: insurgency; terrorism; targeted violence; kidnappin... - China – Sub-Saharan Africa: ChinAfrica at a crossroads
China – Sub-Saharan Africa: ChinAfrica at a crossroads
Date first published: 11/09/2018 Key sectors: infrastructure Key risks: CF; political interference If China’s promise to make an additional US$60bl...
