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Many Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries are gradually confronting political sea change as long-serving rulers and dominant ruling parties face increasingly uncertain futures. Nowhere is this more apparent than in South Africa, where a divided ruling party will struggle to address urgent fiscal and economic issues ahead of elections in…
Geopolitical maneuvering will intensify in 2018, with North Korea as the single most persistent risk. Trade will move forward on the back of TPP-11, but RCEP’s progress remains questionable. Southeast Asia has pockets of potential instability. 1. Geopolitical Maneuvering, With Korea As The Most Urgent Issue…
The risk of a disorderly Brexit is now at 40% (up from 30%). Leaders will start working towards EU reform, but the time window is very narrow. Short-termism dominates economic policy making amid continued populist pressures in CEE. 1. Brexit: Now For The Difficult Part Negotiations between…
Outlook for Regional Security. A discussion between Victor Cha, Senior Advisor, Teneo and Kevin Kajiwara, Co-President, Political Risk Advisory Victor Cha, Teneo Senior Advisor and former National Security Council Director for Asian Affairs, who was recently put forward as the candidate for ambassador by the U.S. administration to…
President Tayyip Erdogan publicly denied on 4 December that the country is considering introducing capital controls, one day after he accused some Turkish businesses of treason for transferring money abroad and called on the Cabinet to take measures to address the issue. On 3 December, during an address to a…
Be Aware, Not Afraid When it comes to crisis, it’s not “if,” it’s “when.” That is the one certainty that emerges from the uncertainty around us as we anticipate, mitigate, and navigate non-economic risk. Thus, while granular predictions of what will happen in 2018 are not possible, I can share…
Coping with Globalization and Technological Change Senator Mitchell’s distinguished career has included roles as majority leader of the U.S. Senate, chairman of the North Ireland Peace Talks and Special Envoy for Middle East Peace. He discusses global concerns and their relevance to the business community in this interview with James…
Ursula Burns began her career as an intern at Xerox Corporation, and rose up the ranks to become CEO (2009 until 2017), becoming the first black woman to run a Fortune 500 company. She discusses her career journey in this interview with James Hoge. Q: Early in your time as…
Debt and Dysfunction Impair Economic Progress, A Motivated Private Sector Can Open the Door to New Solutions Ten years on from the catastrophic meltdown in financial markets, the global economy is in generally good shape with pockets of actual growth. Europe is doing better, including France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, where…
Private Sector Now Setting the Pace Corporations find themselves at the forefront of addressing climate change and protecting the environment voluntarily and at their own initiatives. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in many firms now exceeds government policy and U.S. EPA standards as environmental regulations are eliminated in Washington D.C. The…
A multinational business with people and assets around the world plans for a host of contingencies, from a financial crisis to operations in unstable countries. But does its leadership give enough thought to keeping the company operating in the face of a widespread pandemic influenza outbreak? In the event of…
When asked to sum up Washington’s political climate in 2017, most would respond: “chaotic,” “non-stop,” or even worse, “unpredictable.” However, for most of the economic issues that CEOs care about, conditions could not be better: reduced regulations, strong investor and consumer confidence, record-high stock market, three percent GDP growth and…
