A decade has passed since the first commercial ship traversed the Northwest Passage. With countries looking for new shipping routes, or diversification of already existing routes, what will happen to the Northwest Passage? The political and diplomatic implications of the...
A mutual enemy ought to bring old adversaries together. When the joint foe is a nuclear-armed autocrat, that’s especially true. But Kim Jong-un’s atomic appetite has done little to unite the two regional powers most immediately threatened – South Korea...
In May, the bellwether investment bank Goldman Sachs decided to slash its exposure to Emerging Markets. Rising trade tensions between the US and China were blamed for the move. “We have scaled back overweight exposure to EM (emerging market) currencies...
For three decades, China had been on the rise. With its economy continuously growing, the country reappeared in the circles of international relevance. China was the nation that would cease American dominance and reshape the world into a bipolar one....
Face down on the concrete, arms limp at her side, an elderly woman lies unconscious. Debris from the scuffle – shoes and hats, mostly – lie around her; and in the background, baton wielding blue-helmeted men watch on. Just one...
Former US President Ronald Reagan referred to African UN delegates as “monkeys” while on a phone call to President Richard Nixon in 1971, it was revealed last month. A year before, President Donald Trump had referred to African nations as...
On a daily basis, in economic and financial press releases, the spread between Italian bonds (BTPs) and German Bunds is duly reported as the key benchmark for understanding how reliable Italy’s economic policy is. Current reports state that an increase...
Chinese markets are continuing to trend downward as conflicting reports emerged last week over the possibility of the American and Chinese negotiators resuming trade discussions. Last week in particular was rather eventful in regards to the trade dispute for a...
Nairobi – Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy became the regions first exporter of oil this early August when a consignment of 200,000 barrels were sold to ChemChina, a Chinese firm. But analysts warn the African state will have to wait...
The debt to GDP ratio of Japan is the largest in the world. It has been increasing over years, and the level has remained above 200%. Can a developed country ever safely carry this rate of debt to GDP, or...