NORTHEAST ASIA
NORTHEAST ASIA
CHINA
Special Report – “China’s 19th Party Congress” [17 October, 2017]
China’s political environment has been in flux since the leadership transition in 2012, with far-reaching implications for the country and beyond. On October 18, Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership from throughout the country will gather in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for the event that will result in Xi Jinping’s reappointment to a second five-year term. The events that occur in the coming days will likely set the tone of Chinese politics not just for the next five years but, to an extent, the next 15. The impact on business may extend even longer.
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Special Report – “China’s National People’s Congress, 2017” [April, 2017]
In early March, China held its annual “Two Sessions,” meetings of the country’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and its top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The Two Sessions were an exercise in showmanship and a confirmation of President Xi’s strategy that “the Party [under him] is the government.” The work plans presented at the Two Sessions show that stability will take precedence over change/reform for 2017. Yet, the work plans also show that the need for more drastic reforms is clearly engrained in the minds of the leadership.
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Special Report – “Terrorist and Separatist related violence in Xinjiang”
ISS Risk has been closely monitoring and following the growing threat trajectory of terrorist and separatist related violence in Xinjiang since 2009, with in-depth experience beyond this period to the early 2000’s and is uniquely placed in providing analysis of the growing and associated risks.
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HONG KONG
Special Report Series – “Occupy Central in Hong Kong, 2014 and ongoing developments”
ISS Risk has conducted an ongoing intelligence information assessment program on Occupy Central in Hong Kong which began in May 2014 and remains ongoing in 2016. The company has remained well ahead of the curve on developments and related issues.
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MONGOLIA
Phill Hynes discusses with Frontera News its article on ISS Risk’s Special Report on Mongolia, “The Uranium Shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors” [31 March, 2016]
The curious case of Khan Resources exposes how Mongolia seized uranium mine deposits from their Canadian legal owner and transferred them to Russian government control. With elections imminent the Mongolian government is now trying to clean up the mess.
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NORTH KOREA / DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
ISS Risk Special Report: The North Korean Nuclear Crisis – Emerging Detente, February 2018 (link)
[8 September, 2017] North Korea (DPRK): Nuclear Conundrum Analysis (link)
Special Report – “DPRK, February 2016: Nuclear Test and Satellite launch” [February, 2016]
The two events are key points in a continued strategy being played out by Kim Jong Un, to affect change within the DPRK since his ascension to the Supreme Leader position in December 2011.
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Special Report – “DPRK, 2014: Current situation and analysis” [January, 2014]
This report has been widely acclaimed both within and outside the geopolitical sphere, and represents a unique and fact based assessment on the current positioning of DPRK. The report reflects ISS Risk’s unparalleled position in both access and coverage to the DPRK.
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