North-East Asia Insight - Issue 17, August 2019
Special Alert: Hong Kong Protest Monitor 23 August
Hong Kong has witnessed a decline in violence, but new fronts in the movement have emerged. A2 Global Risk assesses the threat in the week ahead.
Special Alert: Hong Kong Protest Monitor
Trend Assessment: Cold winds sweep ‘Sudan’s Spring’
After three months of negotiations, political activists and the military in Sudan will formally sign a global transitional agreement on 17 August that will end nearly nine months of violent, and regularly deadly, protests. It will also initiate three years of political transition, a period that will be characterised by increased instability and policy uncertainty. A2 Global assesses the risks.
China Brief: 6-12 August 2019
A2 Global’s China Brief contains assessments of events and policies that may impact commercial interests, personnel, and assets throughout Greater China. This edition looks into developments regarding protests in Hong Kong, backlash over politically sensitive geography, and the US-China trade war, among other subjects.
Americas Brief: 7-13 August 2019
This week's Americas Brief analyses Guatemala’s presidential election result, a sharp fall in Argentina's peso, and the risk of protests in Brazil over the proposed pension reform.
