Oman

March 2007 | Risk Summary

It is a mark of the political stability in Oman that we have little to report since we last updated the state's risk ratings. As we pointed out then, it would take a shock to make the ratings fall from current high levels. Indeed, the main risks are external, with a strike on nearby Iran still being a possibility (although not our core view). Such an event would be risky for Oman not only because the US bases in its territory could become a proxy for revenge attacks, but also because the very fact that it hosts American troops could

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