Robert McKellar is an independent political risk consultant. He holds an MA in political science from Canada and a Master of International Business from France, and studied Arabic in Tunisia for a year. Robert's political risk career began with periodic freelance assignments in the 1990s. He worked as an international strategic marketing consultant and with established risk advisories before creating his independent practice. Robert has conducted advisory, training and assessment cases for business and NGO clients, and has been involved with security sector reform projects in post-conflict environments. He has fieldwork experience in several regions, but particularly North Africa and the Middle East. Robert is the author of A Short Guide to Political Risk (2010) and the chapter on political risk in The Risk Management Handbook (ed. David Hillson, 2016).

Introduction Part I. Core Concepts Chapter 1. Political Risk Chapter 2. Complex Environments Chapter 3. Country Operations Chapter 4. Introduction to Intelligence Part II. The Baseline Intelligence Exercise Chapter 5. Baseline Intelligence Exercise Overview Chapter 6. Context and Focus Chapter 7. Terrain Analysis Chapter 8. Stakeholder Analysis Chapter 9. Political Risk Management Planning Chapter 10. Scenario Analysis Chapter 11. Supplementary Intelligence Exercises Part III. The Practice of Intelligence Chapter 12. Intelligence Management Chapter 13. Intelligence Sources Chapter 14. Intelligence Quality Pitfalls and Remedies