News and updates

  • 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
  • US-EU-Iran: Exorbitant privilege to sanction
    Date first published: 11/7/2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: sanctions Former French prime minister and then finance minister Valery Giscard d’Estai...
    ake-ss
    18 July 2019
  • Ones to Watch, 15 July 2019
    Americas: Mexico’s Trans-Isthmus trade corridor to face increasing local opposition   Sectors: trade; transport Key Risks: civil unrest; local opp...
    ake-intel
    15 July 2019
  • Ones to Watch, 8 July 2019
    Americas: Indigenous protests against oil-related activities intensify in northern Peru Sectors: oil and gas Key Risks: civil unrest; business disrupt...
    ake-ss
    08 July 2019
  • China: The Baoshang Backlash
    Key sectors: finance Key risks: liquidity risks; credit risks On 24 May the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced that Inner Mongolia-based Baosha...
    ake-ss
    04 July 2019
  • Political Risk Outlook Q2 2019 – Ones to Watch
    AKE's Political Risk Outlook Special Report contains a selection of five countries from around the world where the political landscape was fundamental...
    ake-ss
    03 July 2019
  • Ones to Watch, 1 July 2019
    Americas: Strikes, unrest against President Morales re-election bid to intensify across Bolivia  Sectors: all Key Risks: civil unrest; business disru...
    ake-ss
    01 July 2019
  • Turkey: Is a win for Istanbul a win for Turkey?
    Date first published: 25/6/2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; business risk; contract frustration On 23 June Republican PeopleR...
    ake-ss
    27 June 2019
  • Ones to Watch, 24 June
    Americas: Violent anti-government protests reignite in Haiti   Sectors: all Key Risks: civil unrest; political instability; business disruption In Ha...
    ake-ss
    24 June 2019
  • Kenya-Somalia: Toward a precipice
    Date first published: 18/6/2019 Key sectors: oil and gas Key risks: territorial dispute; external conflict; terrorism A long-standing dispute over th...
    ake-intel
    20 June 2019
  • Ones to Watch, 17 June 2019
    Americas: Government to support mining sector as local referendums loom in Ecuador Sectors: mining; extractive industries Key Risks: FoP; local refer...
    ake-intel
    17 June 2019
  • Tunisia: Chahed’s Challenges
    Date first published: 11/6/2019 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability The new kid on Tunisia’s fractious political block has elected an u...
    ake-intel
    13 June 2019