Economics
Five Big Geopolitical Risks for 2015
Just seven of 163 developing countries reduced their political risk last year
The map shows levels of geopolitical risk in developing nations. Yellow indicates medium risk, orange high, and red very high risk. Developed nations are not rated.
Aon Political Risk Map 2015This article is for subscribers only.
Critical events of early 2015—cheap oil and Middle East violence—will probably continue to take their toll as the year goes on, according to a new projection of geopolitical hot spots. Lower overall prices for commodities may hurt the economies of resource-rich nations.
Aon Risk Solutions, a unit of Aon, today issued its annual Political Risk Map, intended to provide the British insurer's clients with answers to common questions about where it’s getting safer, and more dangerous, to do business.