The technique advocated by Clark and Marois is based on a real option pricing model borrowing quantitative well-known techniques from the derivatives field. Their approach is shown in the book to be superior to other methods used in the real world by some respectable institutions and you are left wondering why not everybody is applying the new approach revealed in this book.
The book is far superior and more advanced than other more known titles in the field and it can be used by practitioners in the banks and financial institutions dealing with political risk and country rating, governmental specialists interested in identifying more rigorous tools for evaluating the national position vis-a-vis the rest of the world and by postgraduate and MBA students that can learn how to apply the real option technique and develop it further.
In conclusion it is a unique book in this area and I strongly recommended to those interested in risk management.