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Greece Elections – Outlook 2019 (December 26, 2018)

Geopolitical Monitor — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:02:47 +0000

As part of the Outlook 2019 series, Zac and Nick discuss upcoming elections in Greece and the rise of anti-politics in an austerity-weary electorate.

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FLASH: European Commission Expected to Reject Italy Budget

Geopolitical Monitor — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:50:06 +0000

European Commission head Guenther Oettinger has signaled an intention to reject the Italian budget, triggering an inevitable showdown between Rome and Brussels.

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Greece Debt Deal: When a Haircut Isn’t a Haircut

Geopolitical Monitor — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:45:39 +0000

The latest Greece debt deal is cut from the same cloth as those that proceeded it: middling, short-sighted, and unlikely to fix Greece’s fundamental problems.

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Hungarian Voters Deal a Blow to the European Union

Geopolitical Monitor — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:41:45 +0000

Viktor Orbán’s decisive election victory sets the stage for a long-delayed East-West battle over what lies at the heart of the European Union.

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Dutch Elections: EU Faces Its First Populist Test of 2017

Geopolitical Monitor — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:48:50 +0000

Dutch voters head to the polls on March 15 in an election that will serve as a bellwether of populist discontent toward the European Union.

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Global Forecast (02-23-2017)

Geopolitical Monitor — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:06:26 +0000

A sign of things to come in US-Mexico relations, more Greek bailout tensions, and China picks up where it left off in the South China Sea dispute.

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Outlook 2017: A Make-or-Break Year for the EU

Geopolitical Monitor — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:42:17 +0000

With a string of elections in key member states, 2017 will be a year that makes or breaks the European project.

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Greek Bailouts: From Impasse to Breakthrough and Back Again

Theodoros Papadopoulos — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:09:41 +0000

A sense of déjà vu has descended on talks over the next tranche of bailout funding for Greece.

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GPM Outlook 2016: Year in Review

Geopolitical Monitor — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:50:17 +0000

Geopoliticalmontor.com looks back over a tumultuous 2015 and revisits some past forecasts.

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Is Puerto Rico the New Greece?

Zachary Cohen — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 06:33:01 +0000

While the world’s attention has been firmly fixed on Greece’s debt crisis and the “Grexit” threat, there is trouble brewing much closer to home.

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