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A review of Political Risk: Facing the Threat of Global Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century

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Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 12, No. 6, June 2024

Ndzalama Mathebula
University of Johannesburg
The image shows the cover of a book titled "Political Risk: Facing the Threat of Global Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century." The authors listed at the top are Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart. The cover features a globe, cracked open in the middle, revealing a fragmented and divided world map. At the bottom, there is a quote from Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, praising the book as "Smart. Informative. Overdue." The overall design is clean, with a predominantly white background and blue and black text.

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The book Political Risk: Facing the Threat of Global Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century by Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart provides a remarkable overview of the political risk discipline, demonstrating its evolution and growing literature. The ten-chapter book is carefully curated to identify the importance of stakeholders understanding political risk and its evolution in the present century. The writings presented in the book are relevant, but not limited to, businesspersons, government actors, international relations practitioners, corporate personnel, policymakers, organizations, and students – especially given the rate at which the world is changing.

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