HOW TO STOP VLADIMIR PUTIN´S MAFIA / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

How to Stop Vladimir Putin’s Mafia The real enemy is a group of about 100 beneficiaries of the regime and several thousand accomplices. ...

GETTING THE INEQUALITY WE WANT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Getting the Inequality We Want Roland Kupers AMSTERDAM – Everyone, it seems, is talking about inequality. Media outlets publish artic...

SHORT OF WAR IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Short of War in the South China Sea By Phillip Orchard It’s been an awfully eventful year in the South China Sea – and it’s not even h...

IN UZBEKISTAN, ATTEMPS AT LIBERALIZATION AREN´T WHAT THEY SEEM / MAULDIN ECONOMICS

In Uzbekistan, Attempts at Liberalization Aren’t What They Seem By George Friedman and Ekaterina Zolotova Since the fall of the Soviet...

THE INEVITABILITY OF SNOLLYGOSTERS / CASEY RESEARCH

The Inevitability of Snollygosters by Jeff Thomas Snollygoster is an archaic term for, “A fellow who wants office, regardless of pa...

SIDELINED: GERMANY´S INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ROLE ON THE WORLD STAGE / DER SPIEGEL

Sidelined Germany's Incredibly Shrinking Role on the World Stage With a wayward president at the helm in the United States, the wor...

DONALD TRUMP´S NORMAL FED / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Donald Trump’s Normal Fed Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – In a presidency that has shown little regard for conventional institutional norm...

IRAN´S REGIME UNDER SIEGE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Iran’s Regime Under Siege By Xander Snyder It’s hard to shake the sense that a reckoning is approaching for Iran’s regime. The assault...