Puerto Rico Declares Bankruptcy
By Stephen Lendman
Puerto Rico faces a long, painful struggle ahead. Stephen Lendman elaborates on how it has come to this and what could the...
From State of Exception to Anti-Coup Dictatorship in Erdoğan’s Turkey
By Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra
Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra maintain Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a poster case for the...
French Election Fraud?
By Peter Koenig
Peter Koenig delivers us a bold analysis on the recently held French elections. Now that Macron holds the French presidency, Koenig reminds...
Emmanuel Macron Victory and the Fragility of the European Union
En Marche Candidate Prevails with Support of World Financial System
By Abayomi Azikiwe
French politics has captured the eyes of the world for the past months....
Who are the World’s Biggest Military Spenders, Really?
By Dan Steinbock
The conventional narrative is that the world is threatened by the assertive China and Russia. The inconvenient narrative is that China...
Slavehood 2017
By Peter Koenig
We thought slavehood has been abolished a long time ago. Peter Koenig begs to disagree as he describes how we live in...
The Philippine Peso Squeeze
By Dan Steinbock
In the first quarter, the Philippine peso depreciated against the US dollar. Internationally, this was attributed to President Duterte’s policies. In...
The Trump-Xi Summit Paves the Way to New Realism in US-Chinese Trade
By Dan Steinbock
Despite preliminary pessimism, the Trump-Xi Summit showed greater trade pragmatism than initially expected, even though it was overshadowed by a raw...
Brexit and the Banks: Fight or Flight?
By Barbara Casu
This article discusses the key implications of Brexit for the UK financial services industry, looking at the differences between: membership vs. access;...
Return of Sovereign France
By Dan Steinbock
In France, President Hollande’s utter failure to foster broad consensus for structural reforms has paved the way for a contested election. While...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
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...
