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According to Rice & Zegart, risk mitigation requires understanding what assets are most vulnerable, NOT most valuable.

After the Blackfish fiasco caused Seaworld’s stock price to nosedive, company management began reaching out to animal rights groups, launching new business lines, and phasing out orca shows. Rice & Zegart believe that these steps were _______.

Rice & Zegart believe that “off-the-shelf products” for assessing political risks, such as country reports, corruption indices, and global industry analyses have no value since most types of political risk are inherently novel and thus unpredictable.

Rice & Zegart relate the story of Argentina’s political shift under President Mauricio Macri to underscore the point that ______.

Rice & Zegart relate the story about the failed Dubai Ports World investment to underscore the point that _______.

Which of the following represents a macro-political risk?

The authors of the Opacity Index argue that there is no connection between a country’s opacity level and the amount of foreign investment it receives.

The Opacity Index seeks to measure the cost to business of large-scale, low-frequency events like terrorist attacks.

Rice & Zegart suggest that Cantor Fitzgerald’s ability to survive as a firm following the 9/11 terrorist attacks was largely due to its decision to ______.

Rice & Zegart state that scenario planning, red team games, and thinking backwards exercises are tools designed to overcome _____, which can inhibit accurate political risk analysis.