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TAKE A look at the books on offer in the risk management and corporate strategy sections of bookstores all over Asia these days and you could be forgiven for thinking that the main external risks facing companies operating in the region involve predicting economic trends or applying the latest statistical or marketing trends. Such matters are important, of course. But history suggests that those who ignore political risk analysis may be in for some nasty surprises.

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Under the country specific menus you will find various articles I have written about political and economic developments around the region. A special column on the right hand side of each country page also points to several generic country risks as I see them. There is also a special section devoted to political risk analysis. It includes articles discussing several aspects of the subject based on the 18 years I worked in various companies as a political risk consultant.

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About Me

My name is Dr Bruce Gale and I am a senior writer with the Singapore Straits Times. I studied at  LaTrobe University (BA Hons) in Melbourne and later at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Monash University (MA). My PhD thesis, which focussed on Malaysian political economy, was completed at the Malaysian National University (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) in 1987.

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About Me

My name is Dr Bruce Gale and I am a senior writer with the Singapore Straits Times. I studied at  LaTrobe University (BA Hons) in Melbourne and later at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Monash University (MA). My PhD thesis, which focussed on Malaysian political economy, was completed at the Malaysian National University (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) in 1987.

From 1988 to 2003 I was Singapore Regional Manager for the Hong Kong based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC). 

I have written several books and articles on Southeast Asian affairs, including Political Risk and International Business: Case Studies in Southeast Asia (Pelanduk Publications, 2007). Books on language include Mastering Indonesian: a guide to reading Indonesian language newspapers (Pelanduk Publications, 2008)

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