18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Global Optimism and turbulence in 2018 2018 looks set to deliver the highest economic growth in ten years, a sign that the global financial crisis might finally be behind us. This is of course good news for international business. But the surge in business confidence is tempered by a sense that despite bullish economic data ...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Global The global powder keg Globalisation sought to constrain militant nationalism with shared prosperity. Trade and financial integration would make major conflict unthinkably costly. Growth would supplant military spending as a barometer of national strength. Universal access to information would help to liberate societies ...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Global Terrorism and new ideologies If you’re looking for good news about the global terrorist threat, this is it: the overall number of terrorist incidents worldwide, as well as the number of estimated casualties, declined in 2017 compared with 2016, according to Control Risks data. The essential drill down reveals the inevitable nuance.
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Global Regulators and criminals crowd cyberspace In the traditional Chinese game of Go, two players capture territory by placing stones at intersections on a grid, and seizing ground faster and more shrewdly than their opponent. In 2018, the cyber landscape will be all Go, but the opponents won’t be two friends engaging in a bit of harmless rivalry. Governments...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Global The evolution of extortive crime As technology continues to change the nature of modern life and business, so crises continue to evolve in both sophistication and complexity. Kidnapping has long been one of the highest-impact crimes for companies and their personnel, but a host of additional perils ...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Europe Britain stumbles, Europe takes off For observers of the UK hoping for some much-needed clarity in 2018, the pace of Brexit negotiations in 2017 does not bode well for the year to come. Having declared progress to be lacking on the three issues most important to the Brexit process – resolving the post-Brexit rights of EU and UK citizens; protecting the ...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Europe Russia: say 2018, think 2024 To understand what Russia will look like as a place to do business in the coming years, look beyond Vladimir Putin’s inevitable victory in the March 2018 presidential election. Russia is thinking bigger than 2018. Many of the government’s security, political and economic strategies have been worked ...
18 Dec 2017 RiskMap 2018 Africa At debt's door Chad was the last African country to qualify for debt relief under a programme called the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. At a stroke, more than USD 1bn was wiped off the country's balance sheet in 2015. Relief from crippling debt service payments has been credited with improving the economic outlook ...
08 Jan 2018 RiskMap 2018 Global Top 5 Risks for 2018 In our Top 5 Risks for 2018 video, Charles Hecker, Senior Partner at Control Risks discusses the key risks for the year ahead.
30 Jan 2018 RiskMap 2018 Global Political violence and crime rise across the world in 2017 Control Risks recorded 38,523 political violence and crime incidents worldwide in 2017. What were the key trends that you need to know about and how do our experts expect these to evolve in 2018?
