Joining the Game: Peru Seeks to Exploit Lithium Deposits
While not as rich in lithium as neighboring Bolivia, the Republic of Peru has significant lithium reserves waiting to be exploited.
The Shrinking Aral Sea: A Cascading Environmental Disaster
There is now desert where much of the world’s fourth-largest lake used to be, and the economic, health, and environmental consequences for peoples living near the lake are enormous.
Turning Inward: GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds Reinvent Themselves in the COVID Era
But the path to a post-oil future won’t be easy.
COP26: A Setback for Climate Justice in Africa
COP26 laid bare the lack of commitment to Africa when dealing with the climate crisis.
Europe’s Energy Crunch Spills into World Markets
Winter is coming and global energy markets aren’t ready for it.
Geopolitical Fallout from Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
A Taliban-controlled Afghanistan reshuffles the geopolitical deck in a highly strategic region.
Do We Live in Mearsheimer’s World?
Is Russia’s Ukraine policy a proactive response to domestic concerns, or a reactive answer to outside incursions into its near abroad?
Global Forecast (4-26-2021)
Chad looks like a coup, President Zelensky attempts to escape the confines of Minsk II, and Mexico reels from a historic drought.
Global Forecast (4-18-2021)
Global COVID-19 vaccine rollout diverges, US economic data surprise underpins emerging market vulnerabilities, and signs that Russia-US détente could be in the works.
Fed Tries to Calm Bond Yield Jitters
Federal Reserve officials gather this week for one of the most important central bank meetings in recent history.