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Political Risk Services (PRS) publishes 100 Country Reports that monitor the risks to international business over the next five years, using the tried and true Coplin-O’Leary methodology.

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Iraq

Center Failing to Hold as Elections Approach
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in April 2014, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shiite-dominated State of Law party is leading in the polls, having made up some ground after a disappointing performance at local elections earlier this year. Maliki is likely to be granted first crack at forming a coalition government following the vote, but the chances that the next administration will be more stable than the current one were never very good, and are diminishing by the day. Conflict between the central government in Baghdad and leaders of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq looks set to escalate as Kurdish officials push forward with plans to establish an independent basis for exporting the region’s oil output, and the prospects for bridging the Shiite-Sunni divide More...

International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) monitors 140 developed, emerging & frontier markets, rating a range of risks to international businesses & financial institutions with its unique methodology.

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Egypt

Roadmap for Transition
The military-appointed interim government has so far delivered on its basic objective of preventing Egypt’s descent into political and economic chaos, thanks in no small part to the firm backing of the country’s security apparatus and the extension of a crucial financial lifeline from the wealthy states of the Persian Gulf. The regime also enjoys the support of the secular political groups that mobilized against former President Mohammed Morsi, galvanizing a mass protest movement that culminated in the ouster of the elected Islamist government in July 2013. However, sustaining broader stability has required the sometimes brutal repression of the Muslim Brotherhood and the shelving of unpopular fiscal reforms, both of which reflect recognition on the part of military and government leaders that Egypt is a political powder keg. The More…