Market jitters over Italian insolvency are more than just another soft European economy being added to the ever-growing list of debt anchors pulling the Euro Zone into the abyss.

The arrest and subsequent resignation of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn won’t just impact the Euro sovereign debt crisis, but the wider international monetary order as well.

A bailed out Greece and Irish Republic may have temporarily calmed the beast of rampant bond speculation, but deep fiscal rot in both Portugal and Spain has the potential to kick off a new round of European debt déjà vu.

October 29th, 2010 (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - The Franco-German axis is attempting to rewrite parts of the Lisbon Treaty in an effort to avoid another Greek-style sovereign debt crisis.

A wave of popular discontent over austerity governments implemented by EU governments is starting to make its presence felt across Europe.

Softness in the Greek economy edged out several predictions when it was announced that it had contracted at the alarming rate of 1.8 percent in the second quarter.

August 13th (Geopoliticalmonitor) - A weak euro has allowed Germany to post its highest quarterly growth since unification.

Today, results of the financial ‘stress test’ performed on 91 banks across Europe will be made public.

A lack of progress on pressing global issues after the Toronto summit is calling the effectiveness of the G20 into question.

The Greek sovereign debt crisis has dragged the global economy to the brink of a much-feared ‘double dip’. But, is it merely a precursor to a similar crisis unfolding in America?