Risk Insights
- Iran – Iraq: Oil deal in Kirkuk likely to undermine Turkey
Iran – Iraq: Oil deal in Kirkuk likely to undermine Turkey
Date first published: 23/01/2018 Key sectors: energy Key risks: political stability; regional competition On 9 December, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabal a... 
China – US: Investment in the US hits a wall
Date first published: 16/01/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: M&A refusal On 3 January Chinese fintech company Ant Financial’s US$1.2bln move ...- Presidential election highlights the potential future risks
Presidential election highlights the potential future risks
Date first published: 09/01/2018 Key sectors:all Key risks:civil unrest; political instability The nationwide protests, which began on 28 December in... - Poor prospects for prolonged partnership
Poor prospects for prolonged partnership
Date first published: 04/01/2018 Key sectors: oil Key risks: price stability Riyadh’s and Moscow’s oil alliance is over a year old and is sched... 
Argentina: A few but noisy political violence concerns
Date first published: 28/12/2017 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; commercial damage; land occupations; terrorism Political violence in 201...
Angola: A family empire, dismantled?
Date first published: 12/12/2017 Key sectors: oil and gas Key risks: political instability; frustration of process; poor financial performance Jus...- Ukraine: The ramifications of November’s Luhansk ‘coup’
Ukraine: The ramifications of November’s Luhansk ‘coup’
Date first published: 05/12/2017 Key risks: internal conflict; political violence; political instability Key sectors: energy; mining; transportatio... 
Zimbabwe: The fall of Mugabe
Date first published: 28/11/2017 Key sectors: agriculture; finance; trade Key risks: coup; political stability The peculiar ‘non-coup’ of 15 N...
Venezuela: Default, now what?
Date first published: 23/11/2017 Key sectors: all Key risks: sovereign/sub-sovereign default; sanctions; political instability Venezuela and state-...
Saudi Arabia: Crown prince’s power push raises political risks
Date first published: 14/11/2017 Key sectors:SOEs; energy; utilities; industrial; defence Key risks:contract frustration; political instability The a...
Colombia: ELN peace process moves forward
Date first published: 07/11/2017 Key sectors: oil and gas; electricity; transportation Key risks: insurgency; terrorism; targeted violence; disrupti...- New-look Standing Committee to give all that Xi wants
New-look Standing Committee to give all that Xi wants
Date first published: 31/10/2017 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; economic policy changes On 24 October, the last day of the Comm...
