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Latest newsAn unprecedented leak from the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) has exposed a number of clandestine intelligence gathering programmes – leavi...
Global Risks Forecast
20/06/2013Maplecroft's daily analysis of the global risk landscape
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13/06/2013 US ‘spying scandal’ reignites debate on civil liberties and security
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12/06/2013 Equatorial Guinea elections fail to convince the international community
On Sunday 26 May 2013, Equatorial Guinea’s electorate went to the polls in what President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and the ruling Democratic Party of...
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11/06/2013 Chronic unemployment jeopardising European growth and development
With the European Commission (EC) estimating unemployment to cost the E...
11/06/2013 Populism alters Europe’s political landscapePublic disenchantment with established political elites across Europe is growing. As a result, populist movements have made signifi...
10/06/2013 Mexico/China ‘strategic association’ likely to draw FDI, but trade benefits negligibleThe presidents of Mexico and China announced on 4 June 2013 an ‘integral strategic association’, aimed at improving bilateral relations characterised for some time by tens...
10/06/2013 Licence revocations add to uncertainty for investors in GabonGabon has attracted growing attention from investors since President Ali Bongo unveiled ambitious plans to reinvigorate the economy after taking office in 2009. Efforts ...
07/06/2013 Argentina: investment undermined by increasing restrictionsThe announcement by Brazilian mining company Vale in March 2013 that it had ‘indefinitely suspended’ its potash project in Argentina’s Mendoza province is...
06/06/2013 Global agreement on cyber-attacks remains distant – business in firing lineThe Shangri La Dialogue, an annual event focussing on Asian security, was held in Singapore from 31 May to 2 June 2013, providing a rare insight into China-US military rel...
06/06/2013 Request for Patriot missiles illustrates Jordan’s anxiety over Syrian spilloverThe United States Central Command, or CENTCOM, the combatant command of the US military responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia, announced on 4 J...
05/06/2013 Industrial accidents highlight supply chain risks in ChinaInadequate health and safety standards in China have once again hit the headlines with four major industrial accidents occurring within a single week. On 3 June 2013, at l...
04/06/2013 Riots cast shadow over Tanzania’s emerging gas industryViolent protests in Mtwara in late May 2013 over the construction of a Chinese-funded US$1.2bn gas pipeline illustrate growing ...
