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Political Risks to Watch Around the World
Reuters has put together an analysis of the most important political risks for each region of the world. The report points out the political developments in each region that can exacerbate political risks, as well as the "hot spots" that can give rise to violent conflict. In a global report Reuters correspondents summarize the key political risks to watch over the second half of this year.

Highlights

• Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/16): Decision on Annulment.
• Investing Across Borders 2010: Interactive website and report providing selected indicators of foreign direct investment regulation in 87 developed and developing economies.
• COFACE country risk ratings: Webpage with risk ratings by country, updated in 2010.
  
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News

• The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) issued US$1.5 billion in guarantees, up from US$1.4 billion in FY09.
• Awareness of political risk investment insurance among ICIEC members is increasing.
• The African Trade Insurance Agency plans to open a regional office in West Africa and to enlist non-African member states.
• A new report by Fitch Ratings outlines its approach for rating political risk insured transactions in Latin America.
  
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Events

• Sovereign Risk: Evaluating Country Risk - New York, NY, October 21, 2010
• MIGA-Georgetown Symposium on International Political Risk Management: Old Risks-New Solutions, or Is It the Other Way Around? - October 28, 2010, Washington DC, United States
• World Bank-Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit - November 10, 2010, Singapore
  
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