Background
Daniel Wagner writes articles on political
risk for IRMI.com.
He is the founder and CEO of Country Risk Solutions and a widely published
author on current affairs and risk management. He was previously the senior
vice president of Country Risk at GE Energy Financial Services.
Mr. Wagner began his career at AIG in New York and subsequently spent 5
years as a guarantee officer for the Asia region at the World Bank Group’s
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency in Washington, DC. After then serving
as regional manager for Political Risks for Southeast Asia and Greater China at
AIG in Singapore, he moved to Manila, Philippines, where he had several
positions—including as senior guarantees and syndications specialist—with the
Asian Development Bank's Office of Co-financing Operations.
He has published more than 500 articles on risk management and current
affairs and is a regular contributor to the HuffPost, South China
Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, and the National
Interest, among many others. Mr. Wagner is also the author of four books:
Virtual Terror, Global Risk Agility and Decision Making (coauthored),
Managing Country Risk, and Political Risk Insurance
Guide.
He holds master’s degrees in international relations from the University of
Chicago and in international management from the American Graduate School of
International Management (Thunderbird) in Phoenix. He received his bachelor’s
degree in political science from Richmond College in London.
His newest book, Virtual Terror: 21st Century Cyber
Warfare, was released in August 2017.