Open Conference Calls

Clients interact with an expert panel in our live conference calls on issues of the day. Open to all our clients on a first-come, first-served basis, if you have any queries or suggestions for forthcoming conference calls, please contact us.

The Impact of Ageing Populations

The rise in ageing populations is affecting policy choices in much of the world.

The Greek Crisis and the EU

A financial bail-out of Greece remains politically controversial in euro-area countries.

Obama's First Year

President Barack Obama faced unrealistic expectations a year ago.

AfPak Options

Doubts are rising over the success of operations in the so-called ‘AfPak theatre’ of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Prospects 2010: Emerging markets in the coming year

Contagion hit almost all developing countries' growth in 2009. What are the prospects for recovery in 2010?

Fiscal Profligacy and Public Debt: Counting the Costs

Growth is creeping back into the developed economies, but at what cost? Listen now.

Corruption: Conceptions and Consequences

Although, as a moral issue, corruption should generate a sense of shame, this is not always the case.

US/Middle East: Foreign Policy Challenges

US President Barack Obama faces major new policy challenges in the Middle East.

Latin America: Is Political Risk Rising?

Early optimism that the global crisis downturn would not affect Latin America has proved exaggerated, with most forecasts now predicting some contraction this year for the region as a whole.

India: Elections and beyond

India - while relatively sheltered from the global slowdown - faces an unusually complex electoral and economic context, as well as an array of security challenges.

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