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- 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... - Who is Ksenia Sobchak, presidential candidate?
Who is Ksenia Sobchak, presidential candidate?
Date first published: 24/10/2017 Key sectors: none Key risks: none Ksenia Sobchak is a distraction. Her presidential candidacy poses no risks to th... - The challenge agreeing on Basel IV
The challenge agreeing on Basel IV
Date first published: 17/10/2017 Key sectors:finance Key risks:regulation; financial crisis; credit risk As memories of the 2008 global financial cri...
