Political Risk Intelligence for Business Operations in Complex Environments

The book helps international managers with a fluid understanding of political risk in on-the-ground operations in complex emerging markets, and how to discern and assess potential socio-political challenges in order to make an operation more resilient and sustainable.

Author: Robert McKellar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/19/2023
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780367710613

About the Author

Robert McKellar is an independent political risk consultant. He holds an MA in political science from Canada and a Master of International Business from France, and studied Arabic in Tunisia for a year. Robert's political risk career began with periodic freelance assignments in the 1990s. He worked as an international strategic marketing consultant and with established risk advisories before creating his independent practice. Robert has conducted advisory, training and assessment cases for business and NGO clients, and has been involved with security sector reform projects in post-conflict environments. He has fieldwork experience in several regions, but particularly North Africa and the Middle East. Robert is the author of A Short Guide to Political Risk (2010) and the chapter on political risk in The Risk Management Handbook (ed. David Hillson, 2016).