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The resignation of a senior diplomatic figure amid allegations of financial impropriety has captured headlines and raised questions about market reactions to political risk. For quantitative traders, such events are more than news items; they are catalysts that can test the robustness of pricing models, highlight limits to arbitrage, and create short‑term opportunities in liquidity‑constrained assets. The Nature of Political Risk and Its Pricing Political risk is the chance that government actions, regulatory changes, or reputational shocks will affect the cash flows of firms and the valuation of securities....