News and updates

  • Ones to Watch, 15 May 2023
    Americas: Tension over new asylum rules in US rises following lifting of Title 42 restrictions  Sectors: all Key Risks: social unrest; policy uncerta...
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    15 May 2023
  • Armenia-Azerbaijan: Baku’s checkpoint and difficult talks
    Date first published: 04/05/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: war on land; civil unrest Risk description On 23 April Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry annou...
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    10 May 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 9 May 2023
    Americas: Far-right, centre-right parties win vote to lead Chile’s constitutional rewrite Sectors: all Key Risks: policy and regulatory uncertainty;...
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    09 May 2023
  • Sudan – When elephants fight
    On 15 February fighting broke out countrywide between Sudan’s two armies – the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Suppor...
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    04 May 2023
  • Turkey: Erdogan’s power struggle
    Date first published: 02/05/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: political stability; economic policy; civil unrest   Risk development The 14 May pre...
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    03 May 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 2 May
    Americas: US to allow sale of Venezuela’s US-based refiner Citgo to settle creditor claims Sectors: all; energy; mining Key Risks: sanctions; busine...
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    02 May 2023
  • United States: Trump and DeSantis
    Date first published: 25/04/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: political polarisation; civil unrest   Risk development In January 2016 Donald Trump...
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    26 April 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 24 April 2023
    Americas: Paraguay’s 30 April general elections to determine future of ties with Taipei Sectors: all Key Risks: policy shifts; political instability...
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    24 April 2023
  • Mexico: Trouble in paradise?
    Date first published: 13/04/2023 Key sectors: tourism; all Key risks: organised crime; violent crime; kidnapping; extortion; business disruption   Ri...
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    19 April 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 17 April 2023
    Americas: Annual inflation hits 104.3 per cent in Argentina; economic crisis set to deepen Sectors: all Key Risks: economic; sovereign default In Arge...
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    17 April 2023
  • Kidnap & Ransom Report Q1 2023
    AKE's Kidnap and Ransom (K&R) Q1 2023 Special Report contains a selection of key K&R cases, trends and analyses based on AKE’s research on...
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    13 April 2023
  • Saudi Arabia – Worldwide: ‘Saudi First’ policy shakes up oil markets
    Date first published: 11/04/2023 Key sectors: oil and gas Key risks: inflation; supply deficit; political tensions   Risk development: On 2 April...
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    12 April 2023