New Corporate Risk: The Four Corners of Geopolitics

The four corners of today’s geopolitical earth are blazing wildfires.

In Eastern Europe, for the first time since World War II, military force has been used to redraw borders as a revanchist Russia digests the Crimea. In Syria, Russia is demonstrating its re-emergence as a great power by using aerial sorties effectively in defense of the Assad regime, including bombing bases the United States set up for its allies.

In Southeast Asia, China ignores international law by creating reefs to expand illegal claims on a large portion of the South China Sea. In Northeast Asia, Kim Jong-Un — who starved millions of his people to death and lashed out at his neighbors with terrorist acts — is now doubling down as a global fountain of instability by initiating his fifth nuclear missile test. And, in case anyone missed the significance of this act last week, Kim fired missiles towards Japan.

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