FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT RATINGS CHANGES There were changes to risk scores in 26 countries during the latest monthly updating cycle of the Risk Briefing model. These led to upgrades of the overall score in only five cases, but…
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World risk: Economic/Political Operational risk ratings review
RATINGS CHANGES There were changes to risk scores in 18 countries during the latest monthly updating cycle of the Risk Briefing model. These led to upgrades of the overall score in only nine cases, but there were four downgrades. In…
Asia – Key economic/political issues in 2014
Across much of Asia, 2013 proved unexpectedly testing. Demand from the US and the EU remained sluggish, while the threat of an end to the asset-purchasing programme of the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) sent many Asian currencies tumbling…
Iran gas: South Pars progress remains a problem
Iran’s natural gas production has had a lower profile since the introduction in 2012 of US and EU sanctions targeting the country’s oil exports. Iran is estimated to have one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, with nearly half…
Operational world risk ratings review
RATINGS CHANGES There were changes to risk scores in 47 countries during the latest monthly updating cycle of the Risk Briefing model. These led to upgrades of the overall score in only 18 cases, but there were 17 downgrades. In…
Economic Risk Table
Here is a economic risk table for countries across the world.
Caribbean risk: Alert – Tax havens reach landmark tax agreement
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT In early May, the UK inked a landmark agreement with its overseas territories in the Caribbean, which will make it more difficult for UK citizens to evade tax by holding accounts in offshore Caribbean financial…
The Cyprus Test for Russian Foreign and Economic Policies
By: Pavel K. Baev Jamestown.org The Cyprus issue has dominated political debates and intrigues in Moscow through last week, turning into a test of sorts for Russia’s ability to respond to acute external challenges. The financial disaster on the island that…
Decision Time for Central Asia: Russia or China?
Vladimir Putin’s vision of an expanded Eurasian Customs Union poses a dilemma for Central Asia’s former Soviet republics – do they privilege their relations with Russia or deepen their ties with China? Li Lifan and Raffaello Pantucci consider the problems…
Russia’s European Prospects
MOSCOW (ISN)– In 1966, Charles de Gaulle’s vision of a Europe “that stretched from the Atlantic to the Urals” was provocative. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has advanced an even more ambitious goal: “a common market stretching from the Atlantic…