Thu Apr 8, 2010 17:03 GMT |
Kyrgyzstan and Thailand generally have very little in common, but this week they have both found themselves gripped by political crises. Kyrgyzstan’s government has been overthrown, but so far the drama in Thailand has been contained. What to make of this? Kyrgyzstan The immediate crisis has been triggered by massive energy price increases and a… [Read more]
Tags: Abhisit Vejjajiva, demonstrations, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan, political crisis, protests, regime change, Thailand
Posted in: Asia, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk
Tue Feb 3, 2009 18:31 GMT |
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the rising threat of strikes and demonstrations in Emerging Europe. Business Monitor International (BMI) has long raised a number of structural problems in the region – endemic corruption, nepotism and flawed election procedures. However, with unemployment set to rise, the erosion of real wealth and governments’ perceived mismanagement of… [Read more]
Tags: Baltic States, Bulgaria, demonstrations, Emerging Europe, Georgia, protests, public unrest, recession, Romania, Russia
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Political Risk