Daniel Wagner is Managing Director of MAA and CEO of Country RIsk Solutions, with more than thirty-five years of experience assessing and managing 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 organizations, including AIG, GE, the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and World Bank Group. In 2023, he was Adaptation Finance Lead and Technical Advisor on Private Capital Mobilization for the (UN Conference of the Parties) COP28 Secretariat in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that, he was Senior Investment Officer for Guarantees and Syndications at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing. He has published twelve books—The New Multilateralism, Tales from Inside, Decision-Making in the Polycrisis Era, The Chinese 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. Daniel is a regular contributor to such publications as the South China Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, Diplomatic Courier and Fair Observer, among many others. For a full listing of his publications and media interviews, see www.countryrisksolutions.com.