Political Risk

Anti-government protests at universities and a government crackdown on the media further elevate the risk of doing business in Iran. On Monday Tehran witnessed renewed clashes between... 2009-12-08

BMI View: The involvement of Saudi security forces in attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen's north represents a new and potentially dangerous stage in Yemen's civil war. The situation... 2009-12-07

Qatar is likely to remain stable for the foreseeable future and we see no change in the al-Thani family's continued rule. The government's recent moves to further improve the business... 2009-11-27

Iran faces numerous domestic and external challenges which will exert considerable pressure on the regime over the coming decade. While we believe that the chance of a popular revolution... 2009-11-17

BMI View: The opposition will gradually chip away at the government's position, improving democracy, highlighting corruption and potentially taking the country in a more Islamist... 2009-11-12

The massive bombings in Baghdad on October 25 highlight the fact that the security gains of recent years remain fragile, and could dent support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki... 2009-11-09

BMI View: Recent events in Yemen threaten not only the stability of that country, but that of the wider Middle East and Saudi Arabia in particular. For this reason the Kingdom will... 2009-11-06

When Iran met with the P5+1 group of world powers (the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany) in Geneva on October 1, it looked as if major progress in the ongoing standoff over... 2009-10-30

Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2010 will be a major milestone for post-Saddam Iraq, and in the lead up to the polls, relatively low levels of violence as well as recent... 2009-10-22

The central government needs to rationalise energy and food subsidies because of its dire fiscal position, but raising the cost of living for ordinary Iranian risks setting off public... 2009-10-14