Effect of European political disunity on the Euro and global economy
Today, France joined the UK in publicly threatening to rupture a common approach to European Union (EU) foreign policy by sending arms to Syrian rebels (Bloomberg). This, on the heels of the January 11...
View ArticlePublic support for action against Syrian regime
On March 15, 2011, popular protests erupted in Syria as part of the Arab Spring. The Syrian regime brutally suppressed the protests, which grew into armed opposition and civil war. President Bashar...
View ArticleRisk of NATO overstretch in Syria
By Anders Corr, Ph.D. The Obama administration is currently under pressure by certain US lawmakers, as well as Britain, France, and Israel, to take limited military action in Syria. These actions could...
View ArticleGDP Per Capita and Democracy Explain 87% of the Social Progress Index
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2013. By Anders Corr, Ph.D. Social Progress Imperative, a global group that produces well-being data for 50 countries, released their Social Progress...
View ArticleRussian weapons delivery in Syria likely met with cooling of East-West relations
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 2013. By Anders Corr, Ph.D. Russia has deployed at least a dozen warships near the coast of Syria in the past few months, the largest Russian naval...
View ArticlePolitical Risk in Europe: A Quantitative Index Based on Measures of...
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 5, September 2013. By Stoycho P. Stoychev, Ph.D. This paper proposes a quantitative index of political risk in Europe, based for the first time on corruption,...
View ArticlePhysical Vulnerability of the Internet
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 7, November 2013. By Tom Elliott, Ph.D. On March 27, 2013, while the technology world preoccupied itself with a sophisticated cyberattack on a spam prevention...
View ArticlePolitical Risk to Investment in Iran: Sanctions, Inflation, Protectionism,...
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 7, November 2013. By Reza Yeganehshakib Despite a tumultuous recent political history that includes revolution, war and sanctions, relations between Iran and the...
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