Business relies on government as part of setting policies that allow business to invest either domestically or internationally Countries require FDI as part of supporting their economy as such geopolitics can drive risks to both government as well as business

1. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS ROLE
IN RESHAPING BUSINESS
AND GOVERNMENT
BY: PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGA
DECEMBER 7, 2017

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
• Financial Solutions
• Academia
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. SUMMARY
• Business relies on government as part of setting policies that allow business to invest either
domestically or internationally
• Countries require FDI as part of supporting their economy as such geopolitics can drive risks to both
government as well as business

4. AGENDA
• What are Geopolitical events?
• Supply Chain Management Integrated
• Government Role
• Business Role
• 2017 Key Risk Areas - Geopolitical

5. WHAT ARE GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS?
Geopolitics is a method of studying foreign policy to understand,
explain and predict international political behavior through
geographical variables. These include area studies, climate,
topography, demography, natural resources, and applied science of the
region being evaluated
Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolitics

6. SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION
• Globalization of Supply Chain
• Business exposure to areas
like climate change or
Governmental changes or
infrastructure or labor rates or
shipping rates or investment
rules or taxation or
environment regulations

7. GOVERNMENTAL ROLE
• Governmental Structure
• Democracy
• Kingdom
• Socialism
• Government sets policies
• Taxation
• Regulations
• Investment in infrastructure
• Labor and Environmental Laws
• FIPA and Trade Agreements

8. BUSINESS ROLE
• Business needs to expand to new market
• Business needs to follow laws and regulation in the countries they do business

9. 2017 – KEY GEOPOLITICAL RISKS
Source - https://www.zurichna.com/en/knowledge/articles/2017/03/global-
risks-report-2017-geopolitical-risks-come-to-the-fore - March 31 2017

10. 2018 – KEY GEOPOLITICAL RISKS
Source - https://www.bmiresearch.com/events/world-of-worries-political-risks-
in-2018
• US political paralysis – implications for the US and the
world
• UK ‘Brexit’ progress
• Elections in Italy and Latin America
• War against Islamic State – can the terrorist group be
defeated?
• Russia-West relations – how long will the chill last?
• Geopolitical flashpoint
• Iran vs Saudi Arabia (Yemen)
• Hamas and Hezbollah vs Israel
• Refugee crisis in Europe
• North Korea Crisis
• Africa
• Venezuela

11. QATAR AND MIDDLE EAST
Source - https://seekingalpha.com/news/3271472-arab-nations-sever-ties-qatar?ifp=0
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/middleeast/saudi-bahrain-egypt-uae-qatar-
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have broken off relations with
Qatar, in the worst diplomatic crisis to hit Gulf Arab states in decades.
The three Gulf countries and Egypt have accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and
destabilizing the region. Qatar -- which shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia -- has
rejected the accusations calling them "unjustified" and "baseless".

12. CANADA / ISIS It is amazing how you can search out for people that share your view when it comes to ISIL threat. Goodale did say
on TV that he did not think you re-habilitate ISIL soldiers, so what changed?
http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/malcolm-trudeaus-de-radicalization-approach-is-dangerous
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/rise-of-extremism-in-2017-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-canada-1.3706645
It is amazing the government says they are concerned for the safety of Canadians and yet says little on how it will
handle the 60 so called ISIS fighters. Here is information on ISIS:
1. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/americas/edmonton-vehicle-attacks-investigation/index.html - ISIS attack
on a police officer
2. LPC defeats motion on ISIS - https://pamelageller.com/2017/12/trudeua-liberals-support-isis.html/
3. Motion on LPC plans to de-radicalized ISIS -
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNews/videos/1616460011735091/
4. ISIS - https://youtu.be/bGcyuY_pBLM
5. Gender https://www.facebook.com/michellerempelmp/videos/1629422210450425/
6. Trudeau and Terrorist - https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/29/canadian-suspect-in-terror-
probe-took-selfie-with-justin-trudeau.html
7. Trudeau and lack of respect for Canadians - https://www.spencerfernando.com/2017/11/30/trudeau-show-
emotion-defending-people-hate-canada/
8. Deletion of records -
https://www.therebel.media/trudeau_has_rcmp_delete_5_000_intelligence_records_on_muslim_migrants
9. Radicalization - https://www.facebook.com/CBCPolitics/videos/1875219699173523/
10. Goodale again is blaming Harper -
https://www.facebook.com/michellerempelmp/videos/1622101751182471/
11. Public Safety is not tracking when intervention is used for radicals -
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deradicalization-canada-isis-fighters-program-1.4414999?cmp=news-
digests-canada-and-world-morning
““Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party learned
nothing from the last election and the lessons
Canadians taught them. They ran an election on
snitch lines against Muslims, they ran an election
on Islamophobia and division, and still they play
the same games, trying to scare Canadians. The
fact is we always focus on the security of
Canadians, and we always will. They play the
politics of fear, and Canadians reject that.”
http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-
trudeau-labels-legit-terrorism-questions-as-
islamophobia

13. NORTH KOREA AND THE WORLD
Source - http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/05/asia/north-korea-un-sanctions/index.html

14. RISK MANAGEMENT
• More and more companies include risk management as part of the reporting

15. RISK MANAGEMENT MARKET

16. ADDITIONAL SOURCES
• Reporting challenges facing business: https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/reporting-challenges-
for-office-of-finance-accounting-finance-tax-risk-management-internal-audit-november-2016
• BEPS Reporting - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/beps-oecd-mandate-tax-reporting-close-
consolidate-and-reporting-solutions
• Risk Management - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/why-development-of-risk-management-
program-important-to-a-business