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Financial Risk Political Risk
28 Mar 2019

China’s Foreign Direct Investment: positives, cautions and Western detractors

Since China’s ‘opening and reform’ foreign policy in the late 1970’s, China’s influence in world trade has grown exponentially. In Africa alone, Sino-African trade has...
Political Risk
12 Jan 2019

Convenient Hypocrisy: The West and its approach to Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi and Yemen

The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi – with the CIA confirming the involvement of the Saudi Crown Price Mohammed bin Salman – has sparked international...
Political Risk
23 Aug 2018

Post-Brexit Export Markets in Nigeria

In March next year, come hell or high water in the protracted Brexit negotiations, Britain is expected to leave the EU. Ignoring for a moment...
Political Risk
2 Aug 2018

Trump, China and the Paris Agreement: One Year On

Just over a year ago President Trump made good on his promise to withdraw the US from the landmark Paris Agreement, beginning an exit process...
Security Risk Management
6 May 2018

A New Fighting Season in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s announcement on 25th April of another annual ‘spring offensive’ marks the start of the so-called ‘fighting season’ in Afghanistan, dashing hopes of peace...
Business Risk
27 Mar 2018

The Russia Crisis and British Businesses

The poisoning of Soviet defector Sergei Skripal in Salisbury on 4th March has ignited a diplomatic crisis in Europe. On 14th March, Theresa May announced...
Political Risk
6 Mar 2018

Heightened Political Risk in the DRC

Since the official end of the Second Congo War in 2003, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), boasting average annual GDP growth of 6.3%...
Financial Risk
2 Feb 2018

“Carillion” UK higher education and financial risk

The high-profile liquidation of Carillion has drawn extensive criticism of an unsustainable business model far too exposed to financial risk. The Carillion crisis, however, may...
Business Risk General
24 Nov 2017

Regime Change and Diamond Mining in Zimbabwe

The resignation of Robert Mugabe following a rather low-key coup has paved the way for regime change in Zimbabwe. Former Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has...

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