Rio 2016 and the (Broken) Promises of the Olympic Games
By Simon Darnell and Rob Millington
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were to catalyse and signify Brazil’s final transition into a modern, developed...
Japan’s Impending Monetary Exhaustion
By Dan Steinbock
Japan’s monetary gamble and Abenomics are approaching the end of the road. Neither Brussels nor Washington is immune to the adverse consequences...
What does the EU Stand for: Globalisation or Universalism?
By William Hawes
The EU now stands for globalisation and all its discontents. The dreary, neoliberal perspective of leaders must be replaced for Europe to...
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
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...
TTIP: The Suicide of Nations
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The TransAtlantic and TransPacific Trade and Investment Partnerships (TTIP and TTP) are trade agreements between the US and the EU...
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...
Olympic Creed Over Olympic Cost Overruns
By Dan Steinbock
Olympics celebrate struggle for excellence, not costs. As more emerging economies are hosting Olympics, it is time to recall the Olympic Creed.
When...
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...
