Preston Keat

Preston Keat
Born	(1966-09-22) September 22, 1966 United States
Occupation	Political scientist, author, professor
Nationality	United States
Education	B.A., William and Mary MSc., London School of Economics Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Preston Keat (born September 22, 1966) is an American political scientist specializing in global political risk. He is the head of political and country risk and a managing director at UBS. Prior to joining UBS, he was a director of research and head of the Europe practice at Eurasia Group, and worked on economic and political transition at the German Marshall Fund of the US. He has also taught and lectured widely on political risk (e.g. Columbia, LSE, SAIS). He holds a PhD in political science from UCLA, a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary.

Selected bibliography

Books

• The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing. (with Ian Bremmer), (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). ISBN 0-19-532855-8

Essays and articles

• '"What markets miss: political stability frameworks and country risk" in 'Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management & Risk Assessment. (edited by Ian Bremmer, Paul Bracken and David Gordon), (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). ISBN 0-521-88315-6
• "Fallen Heroes: explaining the failure of the Gdansk shipyard, and the successful early reform strategies in Szczecin and Gdynia," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, April 2003.
• "Brace yourself: Political-market risks in 2009" on Reuters, http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/01/05/brace-yourself-political-market-risks-in-2009/

External links

• Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs