Political Risk
Georgia
BMI View: Although no candidates have been selected at the time of writing we anticipate that the party of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will comfortably win October's presidential...
2013-04-30Turkmenistan
BMI View: The US and UN have both recently criticised the Turkmen government for its apparent lack of action in ensuring personal freedoms and protecting human rights. The regime has...
2013-04-30Moldova
BMI View: The crisis that has gripped the tri-partite coalition has raised the possibility of early elections at a crucial time for Moldova's EU integration programme. While a new party...
2013-02-25Uzbekistan
On February 20, Uzbek President Islam Karimov welcomed a delegation of US Congressmen led by Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the Europe and Eurasia subcommittee. The delegation covered...
2013-02-22Georgia
BMI View: The governing Georgian Dream coalition is likely to implement changes to the constitution after the presidential election, due in October 2013, in an effort to limit the individual...
2013-01-30Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan's shifting rhetoric towards promoting the TAPI pipeline project (aimed at supplying South Asia with gas) over the Trans-Caspian pipeline (which would deliver gas to Europe)...
2012-12-14Ukraine
The ruling Party of Regions has held onto its majority following the parliamentary elections on October 28, providing President Viktor Yanukovych with a pro-presidential majority. With...
2012-10-30Armenia
Continued evidence of an escalation in tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh following the extradition and subsequent pardon of an Azerbaijani military officer,...
2012-09-24
