Degree of political stability: Political stability is defined as the degree to which a countries governments able to make decisions based on the best interests of the people.
One of the first questions Starbucks will need to ask themselves is whether the country is politically stable. Given that Starbucks currently operates in over 50 countries with 5,500 coffee houses. Political factors have huge effect on Starbucks not only because of its strategic ethical trading policy, but more importantly the stability of which the coffee houses source their raw goods (coffee, chocolate, vanillas etc..), which can affect Starbucks supply of products should any disruption occur from the location at which the materials are being sourced. This may be due to environmental factors such as a hurricane, tsunami or earthquake.