08 Apr 2021 Our Thinking Global Americas Navalny and the plight of political opposition in Russia Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with in-house experts Bota Iliyas and Eimear O’Casey about what the widespread demonstrations in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s detainment mean for the political and operational landscape in Russia.
07 Apr 2021 Our Thinking EMEA Applying Technology Solutions Forensic Data Analytics Tech-forward investigations Rejil Kumar Rajan analyses how changing technology is challenging traditional investigation methodology. He offers practical considerations organisations should focus on to apply and integrate technology more effectively in corporate investigations.
06 Apr 2021 Our Thinking Exploring ESG: The importance of site visits Join Maria Knapp for a discussion with Control Risks experts James Lewry and Shikha Kerr about ESG compliance and diligence in tricky and dynamic contexts.
06 Apr 2021 Our Thinking EMEA Political and Economic Risk Consulting New era or old problems – post-Magufuli Tanzania to take shape in coming weeks Parliament on 30 March approved the appointment of finance minister Philip Mpango as vice president. This comes days after Samia Suluhu was sworn in as president to serve until 2025, following the death of former president John Magufuli.
01 Apr 2021 Our Thinking Europe Russia Political and Economic Risk Consulting Russia: Economy, corruption to fuel pre-poll protests but Putin will remain dominant The arrest of Alexei Navalny has triggered some of the largest demonstrations under Putin, we assess the political outlook for Russia in 2021 as the country builds up to crucial legislative elections in September.
30 Mar 2021 Our Thinking Middle East Maritime Security Israel, Lebanon compete for maritime energy resources Competition over oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean sea continues to roil tensions between long-time adversaries Israel and Lebanon.
30 Mar 2021 Our Thinking Middle East Americas Creating a Compliant Organisation Who will blink first? – A tricky return to mutual compliance for US and Iran with nuclear deal Washington has signalled its intent to re-enter the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA – the nuclear deal), which is likely to lead to a lifting of US nuclear sanctions on Iran. However, its re- entry requires a diplomatic process that will be fraught with delays and challenges.
18 Mar 2021 Our Thinking Global Americas What on Earth Can Go Wrong: Tales from the Risk Business Join Charles Hecker and Richard Fenning, previous CEO of Control Risks, in conversation about Richard’s book covering three decades of advising multinational companies on geopolitics and security crises.
17 Mar 2021 Our Thinking Europe Political and Economic Risk Consulting Election uncertainty in Bulgaria's fragmented political landscape In the run-up to the next election Bulgaria’s political landscape has become fragmented, and voters increasingly disillusioned. We look at the various outcomes and how they could impact political and business environments.
15 Mar 2021 Our Thinking Fighting match fixing with data Alecia Futerman and Jonathan Brown speak with Nick Ilife of Stats Perform about the increasing prevalence of match fixing in sport and how Stats Perform uses data analytics and AI to monitor millions of sporting events globally in real time each year.
