Political Risk

Efforts by Ukraine's main political factions to form a broad coalition government collapsed on June 7. The negotiations, which were taking place between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko... 2009-06-08

While the Azeri leadership has further improved its relationship with a number of euro-Atlantic institutions and countries, we believe that the influence of the international community... 2009-01-15

We expect Russian foreign policy to take on an increasingly nationalist tone as major political disputes with the EU and US remain unresolved. The worsening economic situation too,... 2008-11-06

Russia's August 7 invasion of Georgia will continue to cause tensions in its bilateral relationships with the EU, US and several of its neighbour states through the medium term. This... 2008-09-24

The formation of a grand coalition government in Mongolia bodes well for the acceleration of the policy formation process in the short term. As a result, we expect the new government... 2008-09-22

The opposition Democratic Party's boycott of the Mongolian parliament is likely to continue through the short term, thereby preventing the passage of any legislation or even the formation... 2008-07-30

The Turkmen government has come under significant criticism following the arrest and alleged torture of Sazak Durdymuradov, a reporter for US-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.... 2008-07-01

We believe that recent positive overtures by Russia towards Moldova will lead to a shift in the tone but not the overall direction of Moldovan foreign policy. Indeed, we expect that... 2008-06-25

BMI View: The Kyrgyz government has its work cut out this year, amid soaring inflation, wobbly privatisation plans and ongoing tensions over water resources with neighbouring countries.... 2008-06-19

We believe that proposed changes to Turkmenistan's constitution, which include plans to increase the powers of parliament, have the potential to improve democracy in the country over... 2008-06-18