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Daniel Wagner  

CEO of Country Risk Solutions & Widely Published Author

Daniel Wagner is the CEO of Country Risk Solutions and has more than three decades of experience assessing cross-border risk. He is an authority on political risk insurance and analysis and has worked for some of the world’s most respected and best-known companies, including AIG, GE, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the World Bank Group. In 2023 he was Adaptation Finance Lead and Technical Advisor on Private Capital Mobilization for COP28 in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that he was Senior Investment Officer for Guarantees and Syndications at the AIIB in Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

Daniel has published ten books – Decision-Making in the Polycrisis Era, The China Epiphany, The Chinese Vortex, The America-China Divide, China Vision, AI Supremacy, Virtual Terror, Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making, Managing Country Risk, and Political Risk Insurance Guide – as well as more than 700 articles on current affairs and risk management. He is a regular contributor to such publications as the South China Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, Diplomatic Courier and Fair Observer, among many others.

Daniel holds master’s degrees in international relations from the University of Chicago and in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Richmond University in London.

Speech Topics


Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Terrorism, Global Risk Agility

Country Risk/Political Risk

Doing Business Internationally

Current Affairs

News


Al Qaeda's Growing Influence in Central Africa | Daniel Wagner
Earlier this year, the Afghan Taliban called for an end to violence against Muslims in the Central African Republic, where ethnic cleansing has been occurring ...
Regional Implications of a South Sudanese Civil War | Daniel Wagner
Daniel Wagner is CEO of Country Risk Solutions, a cross-border risk advisory firm, and author of the book "Managing Country Risk." Giorgio Cafiero is a ...
Can Democrats and Jihadists Coexist in Tunisia? | Daniel Wagner
While Tunisia has been spared the large-scale human rights abuses and chaotic turmoil of the other post-Arab Spring states, a growing al Qaeda presence ...
Myanmar's Lady vs. The Dragon | Daniel Wagner
Speculation remains high in Myanmar as to if and when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to China, which was one of the strongest supporters of ...
Egypt, Israel and al-Qaeda | Daniel Wagner
Amidst the turmoil that has ensued throughout post-Mubarak Egypt, al-Qaeda has established a stronghold in the Sinai from where jihadists routinely target ...
What MH370 Says About Malaysia's Challenge | Daniel Wagner
The Malaysian government has been widely criticized for a lack of perceived transparency in releasing information related to the disappearance of Malaysia ...
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Kenya, Corruption, and Terrorism | Daniel Wagner
Kenya is too important to fail. The government knows it, and so donor governments. So its dependence on foreign aid will also continue. Let us hope that Kenya ...
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