According to global risk consultancy Control Risks’ annual forecast of political and security risks to help businesses prepare for the challenges next year will bring, some of the most important ongoing threats into this year include COVID-19, U.S.-China relationship, geopolitics, digital acceleration and missed opportunities to plan for uncertainty.
According to the 2021 RiskMap Report, 2021 will be a year of uneven vaccine rollouts and uneven recovery. In addition, the report says, if 2021 does not mark the end of the pandemic, it will be the year that determines what is left when the worst is over.