All political risk articles
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NewsBusiness outlook brightens despite geopolitical fears
Worries over further severe energy market disruption have eased at the same time as China’s Covid reopening
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Cost of living crisis tops WEF Global Risks 2023
Geopolitical rivalries and inward-looking stances will heighten economic constraints going forward
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Why China’s rushed reopening comes at a cost
Beijing has relaxed COVID restrictions almost as quickly as it imposed them, risking a major health crisis
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‘Rogue Russia’ and ‘Maximum Xi’ top geopolitical risks for 2023
As a new year dawns, we remain in the depths of a ’geopolitical recession’ warns Eurasia Group
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Demand for contract frustration grows as economy deteriorates
Cost of insurance against defaults on sovereign debt jumps by 179% in Asia & Pacific
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China-Taiwan tensions: What are the risks?
With a “significant escalation” in the strained relationship between Taiwan and China, how should risk managers be preparing
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Geopolitics to heighten travel and security risks in 2023
Some firms are poorly equipped to mitigate the risks posed to business assets and personnel, warns Healix
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China unrest: Risk implications
Stringent COVID restrictions have caused a wave of riots in China and put risk managers across the globe on notice
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SR Q4 2022: Thriving or surviving?
As we approach year-end, it is clear 2022 has offered no reprieve from shocks and cascading risks
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Rising global risks to impact business travel in 2023
Organisations must handle multiple physical and mental health issues to maintain Duty of Care responsibilities
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China tightens security after anti-lockdown protests
Officials are expected to respond swiftly to stem the social risk of escalating unrest, possibly via “piecemeal easing of restrictions”
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Democracy under fire in a third of countries
China among the top ten highest risk countries; shows the “prominent role of authoritarian regimes” within the global economy
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Geopolitical flashpoints include Taiwan security crisis
Although invasion is “highly unlikely”, a naval blockade in the Taiwan Strait increasingly probable, warns Dragonfly
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US-China trade war is top geopolitical risk for 2023
Risk managers in strategic and high-tech sectors must monitor efforts to decouple critical supply chains - Control Risks
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WEF: Near-term crises dominate risk agenda
In Central and Southern Asia, interstate conflict and debt crises topped concerns respectively
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Sovereign debt downgrades grow as inflation bites
Ukraine crisis and inflation lead to 34% increase in sovereign debt downgrades, including Sri Lanka
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Pakistan faces monumental hunger crisis after floods
The conflict in Ukraine has also disrupted the supply chain of wheat grain, seed and fertilisers into Pakistan
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Tipping towards disaster
In this ever-more destabilised world, the post-Cold War rules no longer apply, explains Dragonfly’s Henry Wilkinson
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Boards face ‘perfect storm’ of high-impact risks
The gap between awareness and action taken on geopolitical risk is ‘alarming’, as tensions grow between the West and China
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sigma study examines risk in a multi-polar world
“Friend-shoring” and reshoring of supply chains, investments in green energy and mitigating a food crisis will shape the risk landscape
