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Mexico Briefing October 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.

Drones: An effective counter terrorism tactic?

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.

Al-Shabab: Capabilities, Aims and Implications

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.

Mexico Briefing

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.

Spain's Transparency Law

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.

Managing Operational Bribes

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.

International Business Attitudes to Corruption: Adequate Procedures

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.

PDP Crisis – Instability in Nigeria?

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.

International Business Attitudes to Corruption: Overview

In this podcast, Nick Allan, head of Control Risks business in Europe and Africa highlights what he feels were the stand-out results from the recent corruption survey conducted for Control Risks by the Economist Intelligence Unit. 

German Elections 2013

David Lea, Senior Analyst for Western Europe looks ahead to next week's general elections in Germany.

Mexico Briefing

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. In this podcast they discuss the government’s energy sector reform proposal and its implications for the private sector. And the current security environment in Michoacán and the threats it poses for businesses operating there.

Syria Strike Scenarios

Jonathan Wood, Senior Global Analyst at Control Risks and a team senior analysts from Control Risks discuss the rapidly developing situation in Syria.

Mexico Oil and Gas

In our latest podcast, Control Risks analysts Dwight Dyer and Gavin Strong discuss President Enrique Pena Nieto's proposed liberalisation of Mexico's oil and gas industry.

Egypt - more troubles

Instability in Egypt is again front of mind for investors in the Middle East and North Africa region. In this podcast Lucy Jones, Control Risks Egypt analyst discusses the latest developments.

 

Zimbabwe Outlook

In this podcast, Simiso Velempini Control Risks’ political and security risk analyst for Zimbabwe assesses the immediate and longer term implications of Robert Mugabe’s contentious, but convincing victory in the country’s recent elections.