Published : Jul-2018
No. of Pages : 77
1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 4
1.2 List of Figures 4
2 Flashback (January to June 2018) 6
3 Key Events: July - December 2018 7
4 Global Overview - Summary 8
4.1 Global growth to strengthen further in 2018 8
4.2 Global Overview - Key Highlights 9
5 GCRI - Country Ranking 11
6 GCRI: Global Landscape 2018 13
7 Regional Analysis 14
7.1 Asia Pacific 14
7.1.1 Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 14
7.1.2 Asia Pacific Region - Risk Highlights 15
7.1.3 Political Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 17
7.1.4 Economic Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 18
7.1.5 Economic Outlook: Asia-Pacific 20
7.1.6 Social Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 22
7.1.7 Technology Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 23
7.1.8 Legal Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 24
7.1.9 Environment Outlook: Asia-Pacific Region 25
7.2 Countries with Improved Ranks in Q1 2018 26
7.3 Countries with Deteriorated Ranks in Q1 2018 27
7.4 Europe Region 28
7.4.1 Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 28
7.4.2 Europe - Risk Highlights 29
7.4.3 Political Outlook: Europe Region 31
7.4.4 Economic Outlook: Europe 33
7.4.5 Economic Outlook: Europe 35
7.4.6 Social Outlook: Europe 37
7.4.7 Technology Outlook: Europe Region 38
7.4.8 Legal Outlook: Europe 39
7.4.9 Environment Outlook: Europe Region 40
7.5 Countries with Improved Ranks in Q1 2018 41
7.6 Countries with Deteriorated Ranks in Q1 2018 42
7.7 Americas 43
7.7.1 Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 43
7.7.2 Americas - Risk Highlights 44
7.7.3 Political Outlook: Americas 46
7.7.4 Economic Outlook: Americas 48
7.7.5 Economic Outlook: Americas 50
7.7.6 Social Outlook: Americas 51
7.7.7 Technological Outlook: Americas 52
7.7.8 Legal Outlook: Americas 53
7.7.9 Environment Outlook: Americas 54
7.8 Countries with Improved Ranks in Q1 2018 55
7.9 Countries with Deteriorated Ranks in Q1 2018 56
7.10 Middle East and Africa 57
7.10.1 Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 57
7.10.2 Middle East and Africa - Key Highlights 58
7.10.3 Political Outlook: Middle East and Africa 60
7.10.4 Economic Outlook: Middle East and Africa 62
7.10.5 Social Outlook: Middle East and Africa 64
7.10.6 Technological Outlook: Middle East and Africa 65
7.10.7 Legal Outlook: Middle East and Africa 66
7.10.8 Environment Outlook: Middle East and Africa 67
7.11 Countries with Improved Ranks in Q1 2018 68
7.12 Countries with Deteriorated Ranks in Q1 2018 69
8 Methodology and Appendix 70
8.1 Country Ranking and Scores 70
8.1.1 Europe 70
8.1.2 Americas 71
8.1.3 Asia Pacific 72
8.1.4 Middle East and Africa 73
8.2 GCRI - Methodology and Sources 74
8.2.1 Snapshot of Methodology 74
8.2.2 Secondary sources 75
8.3 Contact Us 77
8.4 Disclaimer 77
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Asia Pacific Region - Risk Highlights 16
Table 2: Key Economic Variables - Asia-Pacific 19
Table 3: Europe - Risk Highlights 30
Table 4: Key Economic Variables - Europe Region 34
Table 5: Americas - Risk Highlights 45
Table 6: Key Economic Variables - Americas 49
Table 7: Middle East and Africa - Key Highlights 59
Table 8: Key Economic Variables 63
Table 9: GCRI - Methodology and Sources 76
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Flashback (January to June 2018) 6
Figure 2: Key Events: July - December 2018 7
Figure 3: Global Growth and Inflation 8
Figure 4: Risk Movement Q1 2018 9
Figure 5: GCRI - Global Risk Heat Map 11
Figure 6: Global Risk Score - Q1 2018 12
Figure 7: Global Risk - At a Glance 13
Figure 8: Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 14
Figure 9: Regional GDP Growth Rates: 2018 15
Figure 10: Regional Risk Scores: Q1 2018 16
Figure 11: Nations with Lowest Political Risk in Asia-Pacific 17
Figure 12: Nations with Highest Political Risk in Asia-Pacific 17
Figure 13: Nations with Lowest Economic Risk in Asia-Pacific 18
Figure 14: Nations with Highest Economic Risk in Asia-Pacific 19
Figure 15: Real GDP Growth Rate - Key Asean Nations 20
Figure 16: Key Regional Indices 21
Figure 17: China's Debt Reached 256% of GDP in 2017 21
Figure 18: Nations with Lowest Social Risk in Asia-Pacific 22
Figure 19: Nations with Highest Social Risk in Asia-Pacific 22
Figure 20: Nations with Lowest Technological Risk in Asia-Pacific 23
Figure 21: Nations with Highest Technological Risk in Asia-Pacific 23
Figure 22: Nations with lowest legal risk in Asia-Pacific 24
Figure 23: Nations with highest legal risk in Asia-Pacific 24
Figure 24: Nations with Lowest Environmental Risk in Asia-Pacific 25
Figure 25: Nations with Highest Environmental Risk in Asia-Pacific 25
Figure 26: Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 28
Figure 27: Regional GDP Growth Rates: 2018 29
Figure 28: Regional Risk Scores: Q1 2018 30
Figure 29: Nations with Lowest Political Risk in Europe 31
Figure 30: Nations with Highest Political Risk in Europe 31
Figure 31: Euro Sentiments Rises Across the EU 32
Figure 32: Nations with Lowest Economic Risk in Europe 33
Figure 33: Nations with Highest Economic Risk in Europe 33
Figure 34: Market Sentiments in Euro Area 34
Figure 35: Real GDP Growth Rate - Key European Nation 35
Figure 36: Key Regional Indices 36
Figure 37: Nations with Lowest Social Risk in Europe 37
Figure 38: Nations with Highest Social Risk in Europe 37
Figure 39: Nations with Lowest Technological Risk in Europe 38
Figure 40: Nations with Highest Technological Risk in Europe 38
Figure 41: Nations with Lowest Legal Risk in Europe 39
Figure 42: Nations with Highest Legal Risk in Europe 39
Figure 43: Nations with Lowest Environmental Risk in Europe 40
Figure 44: Nations with Highest Environmental Risk in Europe 40
Figure 45: Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 43
Figure 46: Regional GDP Growth Rates: 2018 44
Figure 47: Regional Risk Scores: Q1 2018 45
Figure 48: Nations with Lowest Political Risk in Americas 46
Figure 49: Nations with Highest Political Risk in Americas 46
Figure 50: Nations with Lowest Economic Risk in Americas 48
Figure 51: Nations with Highest Economic Risk in Americas 48
Figure 52: Real GDP Growth Rate - Key American Nations 49
Figure 53: Key Regional Indices 50
Figure 54: Nations with Lowest Social Risk in Americas 51
Figure 55: Nations with Highest Social Risk in Americas 51
Figure 56: Nations with Lowest Technological Risk in Americas 52
Figure 57: Nations with Highest Technological Risk in Americas 52
Figure 58: Nations with Lowest Legal Risk in Americas 53
Figure 59: Nations with Highest Legal Risk in Americas 53
Figure 60: Nations with Lowest Environmental Risk in Americas 54
Figure 61: Nations with Highest Environmental Risk in Americas 54
Figure 62: Regional Risks in Terms of Likelihood 57
Figure 63: Regional GDP Growth Rates: 2018 58
Figure 64: Regional Risk Scores: Q1 2018 59
Figure 65: Nations with Lowest Political Risk in MEA 60
Figure 66: Nations with Highest Political Risk in MEA 60
Figure 67: Nations with Lowest Economic Risk in MEA 62
Figure 68: Nations with Highest Economic Risk in MEA 62
Figure 69: Real GDP Growth Rate - Key Nations in MEA 63
Figure 70: Nations with Lowest Social Risk in MEA 64
Figure 71: Nations with Highest Social Risk in MEA 64
Figure 72: Nations with Lowest Technological Risk in MEA 65
Figure 73: Nations with Highest Technological Risk in MEA 65
Figure 74: Nations with Lowest Legal Risk in MEA 66
Figure 75: Nations with Highest Legal Risk in MEA 66
Figure 76: Nations with Lowest Environmental Risk in MEA 67
Figure 77: Nations with Highest Environmental Risk in MEA 67
Figure 78: Country Ranking and Scores, Europe 70
Figure 79: Country Ranking and Scores, Americas 71
Figure 80: Country Ranking and Scores, Asia Pacific 72
Figure 81: Country Ranking and Scores, Middle East and Africa 73
Figure 82: Broad Categories and Weights Behind the Index 75
