The Real Trump-Zelensky $500 Billion Minerals Deal
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
After weeks of on again off again, US mainstream media headlines today, February 26, 2025 announce that Trump and Ukraine’s president...
Why Western Incumbents Will Fall Again This Year
By Nick Redman
A Covid hangover combined with more persistent economy-sapping problems are likely to see governments in the West losing power in elections across...
Europe Urges Collective Action as Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor
Trump signals major shifts in Russia-Ukraine strategy. Can the new approach end the war and what is the price...
Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Trump’s proposals to radically transform much of US economic and social policy are being rapidly rolled out during the first week...
Influencing Elections Overnight Through Tiktok: Let’s Test the Power of the Digital Services Act?
By Denisa Avram
The recent election results in Romania have shocked the political scene. Călin Georgescu, a political outsider until recently but a name sporadically...
Why Trump Won: And Some Consequences
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
It’s now more than 48 hours after the election, the dust has settled, and the results are in except for a late...
Canadian Dimension: What the US Presidential Candidates Are Saying and Aren’t – Key Trends...
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
National opinion polls show that with just one week to go in the US presidential election, Trump and Harris are virtually...
November 2024: A Swing States Déjà Vu Election?
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
With the November 2024 election now just days away, the political marketing passing as political polling is intensifying. If one were...
Zelensky’s 5/8ths Victory Plan
By Jack Rasmus
Earlier this month de facto president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, visited the White House to present his new Victory Plan to US...
The First Vice-Presidential Debate
By Jack Rasmus
Yesterday’s Vice Presidential debate between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz might have been called the ‘First Presidential Debate of 2028’....
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...
