The Islamic State's recent attack in Jakarta demonstrates that the group has gained increasing support in Indonesia, despite strict counter-terrorism efforts by the government, writes Mandira Bagwandeen
This article originally appeared in InSight Crime on 9 February 2016:http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/rio-olympics-prospects-for-next-round-favela-occupations
Sunette Klopper draws attention to the potential large events have of propagating diseases, sometimes intentionally.
As relations once again deteriorate between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the lasting effect is likely to be an extension of regional conflicts, writes Julian Karssen
The Cologne assaults on New Year's Eve have sparked debate over Germany's policy towards refugees. Lara Sierra-Rubia explores how the assaults are likely to cause the German government to implement more stringent immigration policies.
Rousseff's potential impeachment is unlikely to bring the change needed to reform Brazil's economy and combat widespread government corruption, writes Lloyd Belton.
China's anti-corruption campaign will be watched closely by the private sector in 2016, writes Mandira Bagwandeen.
Mandira Bagwandeen examines the heightened kidnapping and extortion risk to travellers in the Philippines following the kidnapping of several foreigners and a local bullet planting scheme at several airports in 2015.
Julian Karssen reviews the ways in which the Islamic State militant group has consolidated its operations in Iraq and Syria over 2015, with a focus on the group's diverse sources of income. Going into 2016, as IS's influence spreads throughout the globe, the group's growing array of affiliates are increasingly likely to replicate its modus operandi…