Germany Feels Nervous before Sovereign Wealth
Is the rise of new sovereign wealth funds, and their penchant for acquiring politically strategic businesses abroad, fueling a new era of protectionism? This appears to be the case in Germany, which is...
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Why Should We Worry about Russia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund?
I hear a lot of convincing arguments about why we shouldn’t worry about the Kremlin’s sovereign wealth ambitions. After all, Russia’s $150 billion stabilization fund is comparatively tiny considering...
View ArticleThe Political Dimensions of Globalization
Gideon Rachman at the FT writes about the political dimensions of globalization today, taking note that so long as the very poorest in the world do not feel the benefits of these processes, political...
View ArticleOECD on Sovereign Wealth
Two reports from the Wall Street Journal caught my eye today – the first one being that the U.S. Energy Information Administration is now saying that it expects $100 a barrel oil to be the norm for...
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The Resource Nationalism Checklist
Earlier this week, I gave a short presentation in London on the legal and political remedies available for foreign investors to protect their assets in emerging markets undergoing resource nationalism...
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Shell’s Nigerian Withdrawal Underscores Human Rights-Energy Gap
The year 1995 was very tragic for Nigeria: after years of starvation and exploitation, the ethnic minority in Ogoniland, an area rich in oil and gas, began mounting a peaceful civil society movement...
View ArticleCorporate Foreign Policy Speech in Helsinki
Robert Amsterdam’s speech on corporate foreign policy in Helsinki, Finland.
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After Obama Visit, Russia Resets to Default
By Robert Amsterdam, CFP Founder Given where things stood going into Barack Obama’s first visit to Russia, it was moderately successful from a diplomatic perspective. The new U.S. president brought a...
View ArticleProtectionism Returns to Latin America
There’s an interesting post over on GlobalPost regarding a report released by the European Commission that finds an increase in protectionism and trade restrictions in both Brazil and Argentina. As...
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Minimizing Political Risk in Frontier Markets
This article originally published in Insurance Day on 11 December 2012. The thing about measuring political risk is it is never the same tomorrow as it was today. It seems every day there is news of...
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