Emerging Markets Report (10-05-2018)
After a new sell-off in emerging markets around the world, all eyes are on today’s US jobs report.
Reforming Financial Journalism in an Era of Geopolitical Flux
Financial journalism is broken; here’s how to fix it.
Echoes of Nixon in the US-Iran Rapprochement
The US-Iran rapprochement is reminiscent of Nixon’s historic about face on China. And it might just produce the same positive result.
Petropolitics 101: The Case of Guyana
Guyana failed to evade the “resource curse” once. Will it happen again?
China-Africa Relations in Review
Contrary to popular belief, the value of Africa to contemporary Chinese statecraft is overwhelmingly political rather than economic.
Ethiopia’s Geopolitical Ambitions Could Bring about Its Downfall
Ethiopia faces a variety of long-term environmental and societal challenges. Building a Navy won’t help solve any of them.
In Thailand’s Deep South, COVID-19 Leaves Peace Talks with the BRN On Hold
The emergence of COVID-19 delayed peace talks between the Thai government and southern rebels last year. A year on, the pandemic is still complicating any restart.
Obama’s Flawed Islamic State Strategy: From Saudi Arabia with Love
President Obama’s strategy for defeating Islamic State is weak, overly ideological, and it just isn’t going to work.
Turkey Joins the Great Power Club Vying for Influence in the Western Balkans
Turkey is reestablishing ties in a frontier of the former Ottoman Empire, but in the Western Balkans it finds a field that’s already crowded with outside powers vyign for influence.