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The cherry trees are blossoming – anyone there to admire them?
They have blossomed early this year and are more magnificent than ever. They should warm the hearts of Japan’s population. At...
Cycles that shape the world
Megatrends are shaping the world and of course geopolitics as well and we are most of the time unaware of this. Demography, migration, sustainability...
Football Finance 2015
Fuelled by the impact of the first year of a new broadcast rights cycle, Premier League clubs generated record revenue of £3.26 billion in...
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline: Geopolitics Near and Abroad
Russia’s energy control appears to be soon coming to a halt as Caspian members, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, plan on gaining control over vital areas...
The Silk Road Superhighway: Kazakh Transportation as Geopolitics
It is entirely common for a federal government to make budgetary promises to improve infrastructure. Indeed, every country around the world is full with...
The “BRICS Bank”: Many challenges and many opportunities
The New Development Bank (NDB) that was set up in July 2014 promises to be at least for now an important part of the...
Financial Institutions to Support Russia-African Business Projects
An Interview with Dmitry Golovanov Russian financial institutions have shown high interest in helping to raise the economic and business profiles both ways, Russian...
A major crisis
In Europe, significant changes occur. By main political causes, it seems that the issue of national identity conquers increasingly large part of the agenda...
SPIEF 2015: Tendencies and expectations
This week the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, the biggest event in business life of Russia and its investors will take place. It is...
Tackling inequality is key to the post-MDGs development agenda
Fairness and equal opportunity are vital to rich and developing countries alike, warns Jan Vandemoortele, who was among the architects of the UN’s Millennium...