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This is a series -- five volumes so far -- of edited volumes featuring essays on political risk. The quality varies. Some essays are well-written, some not; some are done by leading practitioners, others not. That said, you'll find some gems in every volume. We'll just print the contents and let you decide which you want. (Note the early volumes are a bit out of date by now.)

VOLUME 1

(1-1) The Art of Corporate Crystal Ball Gazing: Political Risk Analysis Experiences at Gulf Oil Corporation
JOHN SASSI and SHAHEEN DIL, Gulf Oil Corporation

(1-2) Political Risk Assessment In the Corporate Planning Environment
DAVID GOULD, Texas Instruments, Incorporated

(1-3) Political Risk Assessment: A View from an Export Credit Agency
PATRICK DOYLE, Export Development Corporation of Canada

(1-4) Sub-national Issues in Political Risk Analysis
FRED R. VON DER MEHDEN, Rice University

(1-5) Political Risk and the Risk of Political Blunder
ALEXANDRE DE S.C. BARROS and AMAURY DE SOUZA
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro

(1-6) An Overview of Political Instability Research Methodologies: Basic and Applied Recommendations for the Corporate Analyst
STEPHEN J. ANDRIOLE, International Information Systems, Inc.
GERALD W. HOPPLE, Defense Intelligence College

(1-7) Public News Sources and the Monitoring of Political Risk
JEFFREY SIMON, Political Risk Assessment Co.

(1-8) Investment and Political Risk Analyses: Framework and Strategies
RICHARD P. LI, Transamerica Corporation

(1-9) Integrating Political Risk Methodologies at a California International Bank
DAVID BRUCE, Monterey Institute of International Studies

(1-10) Country Risk Management : An International Banker's Approach
MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

(1-11) Political Risk Assessment: Half the Equation
WILLIAM P. KELLY, Ford Motor Company

(1-12) Use of Governmental Information Resources in Investment Searches: A Case from Southern Italy
THOMAS DICKSON, Auburn University

VOLUME 2

(2-1) Political Risk: Some Salient Questions
DAVID M. RADDOCK, Washington, D.C.

(2-2) Country Risk Assessment: Is it All Systemic Risk?
PATRICK DOYLE and LAURENCE BROWN, Export Development Corporation of Canada

(2-3) Political Instability and Political Risk: Some Observationsfrom German Foreign Policy and Economic Relations
WINFRIED VEIT, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn, Germany

(2-4) Political Risk Assessment and the People's Republic of China
ROBERT SMITH THOMPSON, University of South Carolina

(2-5) Area Specialists and Export Data: The Human Factor in Political Risk Analysis
LLEWELLYN D. HOWELL, Third Point Systems, Inc., Monterey California

(2-6) Experts in Political Risk Analysis: A Risky Basis for Estimates
JUSTIN J. GREEN, Villanova University, Pennsylvania
DANIEL DRUCKMAN, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Bethesda, Maryland

(2-7) Country Risk Assessment by Regional Banks
CEDRIC L. SUZMAN, The Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta Georgia
MEHENDRA SRIVASTAVA, Georgia Institute of Technology, Athens, Georgia

(2-8) Country Risk Assessment by Banks
WENDELL H. McCULLOCH, JR., California State University, Long Beach, California

(2-9) Managing for the Future: The Scenario Techniques
W. DAVID ROSSITER, RICHARD S. KARPLUS and NICHOLAS JONES, Conoco, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

(2-10) Political Capacity and Political Risk: The Development and Validation of a Measure
LEWIS SNIDER, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California

(2-11) Comparative Analysis of External Debt Servicing Capacity of Korea and other NICs.
TAEHO KIM, American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird Campus, Glendale, Arizona

(2-12) On the Utility of the Price Index and the Government Budget as Country Risk Indicators
ANTON P. MUELLER, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

(2-13) How Vulnerable are U.S. Customers of Strategic Minerals?
HEIKO DE B. WIJNHOLDS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

(2-14) The Political and Economic Environment of Government: Controls on MNCs' Funds Transfers: Evidence from Argentina and its Implications for Country Risk Analysis
THOMAS L. BREWER, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

(2-15) Uses of Political Risk Information
WILLIAM D. COPLIN and MICHAEL K. O'LEARY, Frost & Sullivan, Inc., Syracuse, New York

VOLUME 3

(3-1) Country Risk Assessment: The Union Carbide Experience
ED ROBERTS, Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut

(3-2) Capital Markets and Country Risk: Sovereign Credit Assessment at Moody's
ROGER NYE, Moody's Investors Service, New York City

(3-3) The New Multinational Investment Guarantee Agency
THOMAS BREWER, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

(3-4) Gambling With Development
LAURENCE BROWN, Export Development Corporation of Canada

(3-5) The Assessment of Development Projects From a Political Risk Perspective
LAWRENCE S. GRAHAM, University of Texas, Austin

(3-6) Host Country Behavior: Issues and Concepts in Comparative Political Risk Analysis
DAVID A. BRUMMERSTED

(3-7) Integrative and Protective Techniques inReducing Political Risk: A Comparison of American and Canadian Firms in Indonesia
ANN GREGORY, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

(3-8) Political Capacity and the Credit Worthiness of LDC Debtors: Combining Aggregate Date With Quantified Judgment
LEWIS SNIDER, Claremont Graduate School, California

(3-9) LDC External Cash Flow Methodology
SANDRA D. WILLIAMSON, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and former Vice President, Country Risk Assessments, Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TIMOTHY F. KEARNEY, Mellon Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
THOMAS A. LAYMAN, Institute of International Finance, Inc., Washington, D.C.

(3-10) General Motors Political Risk Ratings: Assessment of A Track Record
GORDON RAYFIELD, Rayfield Associates, New York City

(3-11) Sourcing Information for Improved Risk Analysis
SIEGFRIED MARKS, Sigmar International, Inc. Miami, Florida

(3-12) Forecasting Hostile Government ActionsAgainst Oil Companies: The Case of Nigeria
RANDALL J. JONES, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

(3-13) The Key Date Political Event Data Base:Practices of a Canadian International Bank
P.R. JOHANNSON, Vancouver, Canada

(3-14) The Use of Automation in the Risk Assessment Process
FRANCIS M. JEFFRIES, Jeffries Associates, Inc., Poolesville, Maryland

VOLUME 4

Radical Global Changes in the 1990s - Either Corporate
Strategies Change or The Bottom Line Changes
F.T. HANER
Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI, S.A.)

Political Risk On Shifting Sands: An Export Credit Agency's View
STEPHEN NAIRNE
Export Development Corporation of Canada

Politically-Based Losses to Foreign Investors: Concept and Measurement, LLEWELLYN HOWELL American Graduate School of International Management - Thunderbird

Determinants and Impact of Sovereign Credit Ratings
RICHARD CANTOR and FRANK PACKER Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Sovereign Credit Ratings: A Subjective Assessment. ROGER P. NYE, Global Investment Advisors, Inc.

Legal Risk Analysis of Host Country Regulation in Privatization Transactions, J. SCOTT CHASE Law Offices of J. Scott Chase, International Business Practice

Global Mining: Three Priorities in a Politically Challenging World, JAMES. P. COONEY Placer Dome, Inc, Vancouver, Canada

The Brazilian Personal Computer Industry: A Business Environment Assessment, DAVID H. ANDERSON
University of Texas at Austin

Mexico 1994: Devaluation Should Not Have Been A Surprise, SANDRA D. WILLIAMSON, University of Pittsburgh

Political Risk Analyst's Toolkit: A Guide to Library Research, DANIEL HANNE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Political Risk Analyst's Toolkit: A Guide to Internet Research, JERRY ROGERS, Global Risk Assessments, Inc., Riverside, California

GRA Literature Review, JERRY ROGERS, Editor, Global Risk Assessments, Inc., Riverside, California

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VOLUME 5

Vladimir Investment Dispute: Good Governance and Investor Rights - Part I, Gary R. Johnson, CEO, Sawyer Research Products, Inc., Eastlake, Ohio

Vladimir Investment Dispute: Good Governance and Investor Rights - Part II, Edited by Jerry Rogers, Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Gary R. Johnson, Sawyer Research Products, Inc., Eastlake, Ohio

Vladimir Investment Dispute - Part III: How Not to Do Business in Russia, Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, Moscow

Business Early Warning Systems Revisited, Patrick Caragata, CEO Rapid Ratings Pty, Ltd., Brisbane, Australia

Strengthening Information and Analysis in the Global Financial System: A Concrete Set of Proposals, Barbara Samuels, President, Samuels Associates, New York, New York.

What Happened to the 'Politics' in Political Risk Analysis?,
Charles F. Doran, Professor and Roberto Dondisch, Doctoral Student, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

Multinational Financing in High Political Risk Countries, Vince Hooper, Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia

Seeding Risk Assessment's New Frontier: The Corporate Social Responsibility Dimension, Stephen Nairne, Trade Commissioner, Vancouver International Trade Centre and Sessional Faculty, University of British Columbia, and Christopher Gora, Attorney at Law, Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy, Vancouver, Canada

Comparing Measures of Economic Freedom: The Good, The Bad and The Data, Lewis Snider, Associate Professor, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

Auditing Political Risk Exposures, John Minor, Senior Vice President and Director Political Risk and Sam Wilkin,Country Risk Advisor, AON Trade Credit Services, Chicago, Illinois.

Credit Rating Agencies and the Modeling of Political Risk, Grant Fleming, Professor, Australian National University

The Continuing Evolution of Political Risk Analysis: A Personal Journey, Patrick Doyle, Director, Political Risk Assessments Department, Economic Development Canada, Ottawa.

Assessing the Predictive Powers of Country Risk Ratings and Governance Indicators, Carlos Santiso, UK Government in Peru and Anja Linder, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

Derivative Securities for Country Risk Coverage: Implied Volatility Swaps, Ephraim Clark, Professor,Middlesex University, London, England

Political Risk Investment Insurance: The International Marketplace and MIGA, Gerald T. West, Director, Policy and Environment, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Washington, D.C.

Political Risk Analyst's Toolkit: A Guide to Library Research; More Tools, Daniel Hanne, Business Librarian,
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Political Risk Literature Review: 1997-2003, Jerry Rogers, President, Global Risk Assessments, Inc., Riverside, California

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