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The Brexit issue
Currently Great Britain’s annual net budgetary transfers to the European Union amount to 13 billion pounds. In various forms, every year the European Union...
Thinking about Germany
What is Germany's current role within the EU and in the global economic system? Which game is it playing? These are questions which cannot...
Ghana, Russia set to promote cooperation
The Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted on May 26 the Russia-Ghana business forum which attracted representatives from Russian industrial and commercial sectors....
Geopolitical risks in Southeast Asia are threatening economic development in the region
ASEAN finds itself at the nexus of the world’s great powers, the United States and China, and must balance their competing influences while maintaining...
In defense of the European Parliament: China is not a market economy
Sometimes the driest debates lead to the hottest arguments. That paradox was on full display on May 12th when the European Parliament set out...
Digital Economy has the Potential to Drive ASEAN Integration
In a session on the emergence of the digital economy in South-East Asia at the 25th World Economic Forum on ASEAN, global and regional...
A brief analysis on the latest, confusing and conflicting events in Brazilian politics (Part I)
As the Upper House voted for Ms Rousseff’s suspension, many questions were raised. The people, the media, opportunist and well-intentioned public figures, they all...
Natural Gas – A Game Changer for European Geopolitics
In 1945, Europe became bifurcated along two ideological camps; communism and capitalism. As the iron curtain-shrouded Europe, the geopolitical divide was defined. Nowhere was...
Germany and Italy within the European Union
No one is really fine in the European gas chamber but - just to paraphrase Orwell - someone is finer than the others. It...
Gwadar: An Influence multiplier option for China
The Gwadar Port project has an exceptionally important function not only for Pakistan but also for the rest of the region. Notably, the Chinese...