China Breaks the Western Debt Stranglehold on the World

By Peter Koenig The west has colonized, exploited, ravaged and assassinated the people of the Global South for hundreds of years. Up to the mid-20th...

Bolivia – A Color Revolution – or a New Surge for Latin American Independence?

By Peter Koenig Like Túpac Katari, indigenous Aymara leader more than 200 years ago, confronting the Spaniards, Evo Morales was betrayed and ‘dismembered’ by his...

Great Britain Heads To The Polls To Break Brexit Deadlock

It feels like the Brexit impasse in Great Britain has been going on for years, and in some ways, it has. It's been more...

Ecuador – The fight Against Moreno and the IMF is far from Over

By Peter Koenig In Ecuador, the fight against IMF austerity measures is far from over. Just a few hours after my article was published on...

Fashion and Politics – What’s the Connection?

Politics is believed to be an isolated field – a field that’s dependent on international affairs, the art of policy making and how one...

The politics of Russian extraditions

By Jasvinder Nakhwal and Rachel Cook Russian assurances on prison conditions are highly topical and have been crucial to the UK courts’ decisions in recent...

Identifying key drivers to help transform African agriculture

By Mills Soko The Green Revolution propelled India from a country plagued by famine and drought to the top wheat-producer in the world. It helped...

Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – a False Flag?

By Peter Koenig On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones – were they drones or long-range missiles? – hit the Saudis most important...
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The Trump-Slump and What’s Next

By Graham Vanbergen The global slowdown is on; the who-blinks-first trade war is taking its toll leading to investment anxiety and a slowly crumbling global...

Hong Kong and the Audacity of the United States

By Peter Koenig People often ask and hint at the similarities between the Hong Kong protests and the French Yellow Vests. The former started on...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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