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RiskMap Podcast February 2016

In this RiskMap podcast: the new face of Myanmar, Venezuela’s parliament takes on the president and  Uganda’s fractious election.

Political, social and regulatory risks

Understanding the political and social context of an urbanisation project and the regulatory framework is central to its success in the short and long term.

Cameron’s European play

Control Risks’ Senior Europe Analyst, David Lea, discusses the draft agreement for a renegotiation of Britain’s EU membership that goes before the European Union summit on February 18 and 19.

RiskMap Podcast: More pressure on Schengen; Nigeria’s currency woes and the start of the US primaries

In this edition we discuss Europe’s scrapping  of the “first nation” asylum rule, Nigeria’s increasingly pressured currency and the imminent start of primary elections in the United States.

Jakarta attack - Implications for the security and operating environment

RiskMap Podcast: We look ahead to the coming year and discuss some of the key themes addressed in our RiskMap 2016.

Europe’s new political parties in 2016

In this RiskMap 2016 podcast, a selection of  our Europe analysts discuss how the new political parties of the left and the right will fare in 2016.

Doing business in 2016 and the Made in China strategy

In this RiskMap 2016 podcast, a selection of our China analysts discuss what the Chinese government’s Made in China 2025 strategy means for foreign companies in the coming year.

Africa and the commodities slow down

In this RiskMap 2016 podcast, a selection of Control Risks Africa analysts discuss what effect the chill in the commodities markets will have on the export-dependent nations of Africa.

Prospects for Cuba in 2016

In this RiskMap 2016 podcast, we discuss how the political and business environment in Cuba is likely to progress in the course of 2016.

Geostrategy and the Syrian conflict

In this podcast, Gala Riani, Head of Analysis for the Middle East and North Africa leads a discussion on how the foreign powers fighting directly or by proxy in Syria’s civil war may act in 2016.

Venezuela’s Socialist Party routed in legislative election

After the Socialist Party of President Nicolas Maduro was heavily defeated in legislative elections, we hear from Control Risks Senior Analyst for Venezuela, Oliver Wack, on what this means for Venezuela and the businesses operating there.

Mobile malware: an evolving threat

In this podcast Stewart Bertram, Senior Manager, Control Risks’ Cyber Security Services, talks to one of our cyber crime specialists, Oliver Robinson, about the increasing threat that cyber criminals pose to mobile devices.

RiskMap Podcast: The US chairs the UN Security Council; fighting IS; the Paris climate change conference.

In the coming weeks, as the US chairs the UN Security Council, what hopes for a unified coalition against IS? And world leaders meet for the UN conference on climate change.

RiskMap Podcast: the G20 Summit, Catalonia and Spain’s election and Argentina’s presidential run-off

In the coming weeks, G20 leaders will meet in Turkey, Catalonia’s secessionist leanings will play into the Spanish election campaign and Argentinians will finally choose their next president.