GOLD OVERTAKES U.S. TREASURYS AS WORLD`S TOP CENTRAL BANK RESERVE ASSET / SEEKING ALPHA

Gold overtakes U.S. Treasurys as world's top central bank reserve asset, ECB says By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor Gold has replaced U.S....

AMERICA`S AILING ONE-TRICK PONY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

America’s ailing one-trick pony Trump’s excessive faith in military power is squarely within the US tradition Edward Luce Robert McNamara, U...

THE FOG OF ECONOMIC WAR / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Fog of Economic War Ambiguity can be strategically useful. By: Antonia Colibasanu Military theorist Carl von Clausewitz described war as...

THE WORLD AFTER THE IRAN WAR / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The World After the Iran War Not all wars lead to better international orders. The Iran war launched by the United States and Israel is like...

CHINA`S WORLD-BEATING SOLAR INDUSTRY IS IN TURMOIL / THE ECONOMIST

Dimming prospects  China’s world-beating solar industry is in turmoil The Gulf war won’t save it Photograph: Getty Images AS AMERICA’S WAR o...

THE LEFT AIMS FOR AN ANDEAN COMEBACK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Left Aims for an Andean Comeback Elections in Peru and Colombia and riots in Bolivia test Latin American democracy. By  Mary Anastasia O...

TRUMP AND XI WILL NOT DETERMINE TAIWAN`S FATE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate China assumes that the island would be helpless without American support — that is a dangerous...

HOW I BECAME A MANUFACTURING SKEPTIC / PROJECT SYNDICATE

How I Became a Manufacturing Skeptic Manufacturing used to be a powerful economic escalator because it could employ large numbers of low-ski...

ONE CHART SAYS IT ALL: SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO "SNAP" / VON GREYERZ

One Chart Says It All: Something is About to “Snap” By Matthew Piepenburg Looking at the world around us, from foggy geopolitics to gyrating...

PARTY LIKE IT`S 1999, 1996 AND 2007 / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Party Like It's 1999, 1996 and 2007 Doug Nolan  We’ve gone and really done it this time. Down somewhat from Wednesday’s high, the rates ...