Duterte vs Barack Obama In A Remark About Filipino Sovereignty
By Tunde Olupitan
Latest news on the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is of his calling USA President Barack Obama a son of a b***h. We...
Obama-Duterte Blow Up: What the Corporate Media Doesn’t Get
By Wayne Madsen
The western corporate media generalised the Duterte-Obama feud as one between a statesmanlike US president and a Filipino Donald Trump. For Obama...
Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
By Vladimir Popov
It may well be that in the next decades, with the benefit of hindsight, it will be only too obvious how Russia...
The Duterte Whirlwind: The Reawakening of the Philippines
By Dan Steinbock
The new Philippine president is waging a tough drug war, pushing economic growth domestically and greater pragmatism in foreign policy that could...
What if Clinton Wins: US Presidential Election 2016
By Dan Steinbock
According to polls, the race to the White House is over. Clinton has won, Trump has lost. If that proves the case,...
Race and Imperialism
From the Editors
The South China Sea, Libya again, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey; terror attacks in Europe, America, Africa and even Australia.
Media headlines offer...
Brexit and London’s Role as an Islamic Banking Hub: Is the Glass Half Empty,...
By Sohail Jaffer
Regardless of the shocking referendum result, there are reasons for optimism about the UK’s role as a hub for Islamic finance in...
From the “Tragedy of the Commons” to the Tragedy of Enclosures
By Olivier De Schutter and Katharina Pistor
If the enclosures movement that swept through England in the 18th century was the general rehearsal, the play...
Understanding the Numbers: The Lives of Syrian Refugees
By Jeffrey H. Cohen
The life of a refugee is not easy. At least 6.6 million Syrians had been internally displaced, and nearly 5 million...
How the Brexit Referendum was Trumped: Personality, Protest and Patriotism
By Glyn Atwal and Douglas Bryson
In this article, the authors contend the electioneering style of what they label “Trumpism” was distinctly manifested and a...
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...
