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Monday Jan 13, 2014
Monday Jan 13, 2014
2014 is set to be a hugely significant year for the country with NATO troops set to be withdrawn in December.
Friday Dec 20, 2013
Friday Dec 20, 2013
Michael Moran, Control Risks Vice President for Global Risk Analysis, discusses how the US Federal Reserve’s decision to dial back economic stimulus could impact emerging markets.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Thomaz Favaro, Control Risks lead analyst for Brazil looks ahead to an extremely important year for the country with elections in October and the FIFA World Cup in June.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Jonathan Friedman, Control Risks lead analyst for Turkey, looks at the prospects for the country in 2014 following a fairly turbulent 2013.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Jan Zalewski, lead analyst for Control Risks, looks ahead to what we can expect in Bangladesh throughout 2014.
Friday Dec 06, 2013
Friday Dec 06, 2013
The death of Nelson Mandela has ushered in a period of mourning and reflection in South Africa. In this podcast Simiso Velempini assesses what will be the implications of his death and takes stock of the business environment in South Africa ahead of next year’s elections.
Friday Dec 06, 2013
Friday Dec 06, 2013
Gavin Strong, Control Risks’ analyst for Mexico and Central America, discuss the constitutional reform package recently presented by President Daniel Ortega and the ruling Sandinista party in Nicaragua.
Monday Nov 11, 2013
Monday Nov 11, 2013
Gavin Strong and Dwight Dyer, Control Risks’ political and security risk analysts for Mexico provide a brief overview of our latest edition of the Mexico Briefing. In this edition they discuss the on-going police reform programme and analyse the corruption that affects public-sector contracting practices, in light of the recent effects across Mexico following hurricane Manuel and tropical storm Ingrid.
Friday Nov 08, 2013
Friday Nov 08, 2013
Are drones an effective counter-terrorism tactic or are they more effective as a recruiting tool for terrorist organisations? Jonathan Wood, global issues analyst at Control Risks discusses in this podcast.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013
In the latest podcast from Control Risks, Paul Gabriel, our analyst for Somalia and Kenya assesses the fallout from the Westgate attack, looking at the threat al-Shabab poses across East Africa.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2013
Tuesday Oct 08, 2013
Dwight Dyer and Gavin Strong, Control Risks’ political and security risk analysts for Mexico provide a brief overview of our latest edition of the Mexico Briefing. This podcast covers the CNTE protests against the education system reforms proposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto, and their wider implications. And analysis of the current security environment in Mexico City and the increasing incidence of organized crime-related violence.
Thursday Oct 03, 2013
Thursday Oct 03, 2013
In September, Spain passed its first freedom of information law, an important step in the country’s attempts to counter corruption. In this podcast, we discuss the implications for business.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
In the final in our series of podcasts summarising the findings from the recent corruption survey conducted for Control Risks by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Maria Knapp, Associate Director in Control Risks’ sub-saharan Africa corporate investigations practice talks about the challenges in managing operational bribes.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
In this podcast, Chris Torrens, head of anti-corruption services for Control Risks in Europe and Africa talks through some of the key findings from the recent corruption survey conducted for Control Risks by The Economist Intelligence Unit. He focuses on the issue of adequate procedures.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
After three years as President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan is now facing perhaps the biggest challenge to his leadership with a number of prominent politicians earlier this month quitting the PDP to form a new breakaway party. In this podcast, Roddy Barclay and Thomas Hansen, political and security risk analysts for Nigeria discuss the short and medium term implications for stability in Nigeria.