Alberta’s Wildrose Party
Today in Canada Albertans go to the polls in what could be an upset for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives.
Australia and New Zealand Commit to Multi-State ‘Bubble’
Australia and New Zealand have committed to opening up their borders to each other, and it’s possible this ‘bubble’ could be expanded in the near future.
Hungary: Authoritarianism by Another Name?
What Prime Minister Viktor Orbán terms ‘illiberal democracy’ is starting to look a lot like blatant authoritarianism.
Can Blockchain Help Rid Tech Products of ‘Conflict Minerals’?
Distributed ledger technology is being used in efforts to remove conflict minerals from supply chains – but it doesn’t have all the answers.
Backgrounder: 2021 Nicaraguan Elections
Examining the slow and steady criminalization of dissent in the lead-up to Nicaragua’s 2021 election.
Summit for Democracy: Show of Strength or Own-goal?
President Biden’s Summit for Democracy represents a diplomatic gamble that might not pay off.
Lessons from the Battle of GameStop
What can the latest GameStop saga teach us about financial markets and human nature?
What a Refused Visa Tells Us about the Abbot Government’s Foreign Policy
The Geopoliticalmonitor's Murray Hunter examines how a refused visa might indicate a less principled foreign policy from Australia's new Abbott administration.
Global Forecast (07-17-2018)
Belt and Road’s Kenya railway starts off in the red, Trump and Putin leave a lasting impression in Helsinki, and Japan and the EU buck the protectionist trend with a free trade deal.
The Rise and Fall of the American Farmer
Small-scale US farmers are struggling with no relief in sight. Is this capitalist determinism at work or symptomatic of a more general trend of American decline?