Despite the ravages of the Corona-virus, the US trade and tech war and its challenges in Hong Kong and Taiwan, China saw positive growth in Q2 of 2020 according to a report from the Asia Times. Even India’s economy expanded 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2020 despite the prowess of the pandemic. Could…
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Repackaging the Developing World
Nations around the globe are mulling over how to restart and rescue flagging economies brought on by the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic. Among those seeking a solution to economic woes are the world’s “developing economies,” many that often have GDPs lower than many Western multinationals. These nations must not only determine how to solve the new…
Germany Tasked With EU Recovery Woes
Germany is slated to take the helm of the European Union’s Presidency of the Council in July. Currently at a 62 percent GDP to debt ration it has been tasked to take the helm of the beleaguered Union struggling with debt ratios at or above 100 percent. Greece, has ballooned to nearly 200 percent, and…
Uganda Pivots to Wealth Creation Amid US Kayihura Sanctions
In September of 2019, the US levied sanctions against former Ugandan Inspector General of Police. The US Department of the treasury issued the sanction citing, “human rights abuses, corruption and bribery.” In better context, it would be the equivalent of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi levying sanctions against former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for human…
Row Over ECO Currency Reveals External Controls
The latest developments coming out of Africa further solidifies the notion that the currency tides are turning. It was only a few decades ago that the U.S. Dollar and Oil/Dollar reigned supreme, despite its lack of actual intrinsic value. It is important to note, that in 1971 when former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon un-pegged…
NATO Defense Pledge May Tax Already Strained Western Budgets
While political pundits and news analysts were busy bandying about the rhetoric that NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) leaders were making small talk of the current sitting US President, many did not note the outcomes of the two-day 2019 NATO Summit. The event ran from December 3rd to the 4th in London, with major pledges…
Toolkit Essentials: Diplomatic Segue
According to international relations analysts and political theory, there are two kinds of power: Hard Power and Soft Power. Gunships, nuclear weapons and capable standing military fall squarely under hard power, while Diplomacy lies quietly under the banner of soft Power. We would be remiss not to acknowledge that both kinds of power wield palpable…
A Growing Threat: Economies of Power
Although China has grown immensely over the past 20 years, countless other economies have seen much advanced growth. India, the UAE and Vietnam are among them to name only a few. Many of these countries have extensive business interactions with the USA and other advanced economies. While the US has quite a large trade deficit…
On Entropy: The Shifting World
As children, sometimes the most asinine things earn our attention. At least in the old days they did, back when children played with toys that didn’t talk back or require a lithium battery to operate. One of those old affects was the proverbial spinning top. An awkward space-ship looking toy that, with the right torque…
Brexit: Escaping the Post Colonial Immigration Boom and the Debt Albatross
As the UK and the EU continue to seek to hammer out a deal for Brexit, the world watches as the flagellation surrounding the move intensify. In a June 2016 vote, the UK determined it would leave the EU as saw that its contributions to the union far outstripped many other nations and the looming…
India, The Builder
The India Finance Ministry has projected growth to jump from 7.5 percent over its previously projected 7.2 percent for the 2019-2020. India has been quietly pushing industry ahead with its partnerships and its economic reforms in the early 90s according to its Finance Minister. Forbes lists India as the fastest growing economy in the world…
The West and the Rest: Growth and A Green-Eyed Monster
“The West vs. The Rest,” a term coined from the ideology of famed political science professor Samuel Huntington, seems to be a growing phenomenon in the world today. In Huntington’s book, the Clash of Civilization, he appeared to be more narrowly focused on the rise of the Mideast, rather than the growing dichotomy that has…
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