S-RM Analyst Team

The COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call to businesses and investors about the extent to which globalised supply chains are ultimately reliant on China. For many businesses, this will be a case of reviewing and scaling up their existing supply...

Since the last presidential elections in May 2020, Belarus has seen the largest protests since its independence in 1992. While accusations of electoral fraud are common in the emerging democracies in the wider Former Soviet Union (FSU) region, in Bel...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, several governments across Latin America mobilised available security forces – including police reserves, the military and the navy – to assist in responding to the pandemic. Security personnel are regularly arrested for...

On 18 August, hundreds of civilians celebrated as mutinying soldiers entered Mali’s capital Bamako and stormed the residence of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, before arresting him and several other government officials. However, the military faile...

How are corporates responding to calls for more sustainable and transparent supply chains? Pressure is growing on companies to take responsibility for the integrity and sustainability of the whole of their supply chains, from beginning to end. Meanwh...