News and updates

  • Nicaragua: The end of relative calm
    Date: 01/05/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: violent unrest; policy instability; lootings Recent nationwide anti-government demonstrations ended Ni...
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    09 May 2018
  • Papua New Guinea: The earthquake’s aftershock to the LNG industry
    Date: 24/04/2018 Key sectors: liquefied natural gas (LNG); tourism; NGOs Key risks: natural disasters; violent unrest; tribal conflict On 26 Februa...
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    02 May 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 30 April 2018
    Americas: Security continues to deteriorate in Ecuador’s northern border Sectors: all Key Risks: terrorism; targeted attacks; kidnapping; extortion ...
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    30 April 2018
  • Horn of Africa: Port politics
    Date first published: 17/04/2018 Key sectors: infrastructure Key risks: rising tensions; project/license cancellation The Horn of Africa has long b...
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    25 April 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 23 April 2018
    Americas: Nicaragua to remain at risk of further violent unrest Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; policy continuity; violent unrest In Nica...
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    23 April 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 16 April 2018
    Americas: Cuba to undergo heavily controlled presidential transition Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; policy continuity In Cuba, 19 April ...
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    16 April 2018
  • Nigeria: a decade of Boko Haram?
    Nigeria: a decade of Boko Haram?
    Date first published: 03/04/2018 Key sectors:all Key risks:terrorism; insurgency In June 2017 Nigeria’s army chief, Tukur Buratai, declared that Bo...
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    11 April 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 9 April 2018
    Americas: Electoral uncertainty to increase following Lula’s arrest   Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; political stability In Brazil, unp...
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    09 April 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 26 March 2018
    Americas: Last oil and gas auctions before October’s elections Sectors: oil and gas Key Risks: policy continuity; political stability In Brazil, 70 ...
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    26 March 2018
  • AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst Maximilian Hess talks Russian Bonds with CNBC
    AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst Maximilian Hess talks Russian Bonds with CNBC
    AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, Maximilian Hess, spoke this morning with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche regarding t...
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    26 March 2018
  • Cuba: Post-Castro scenarios
    Date first published: 15/03/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; policy continuity 19 April will mark the end of the Castro era in...
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    21 March 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 19 March 2018
    Americas: Peru’s President Kuczynski to face second impeachment vote Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; political stability; governability I...
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    19 March 2018