Commerce

Samarkand, on the Silk Road

By Fernando Ayala — Wall Street International Magazine

By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine The former Soviet republic returns to its origins at the hand of China In Uzbekistan, in the heart of central Asia, is the mythical Samarkand, whose name is associated with a beautiful love story and is one of the oldest…

1 Jul 2019 · 10 min read
Climate Change

G20 summit: bad as he is, Trump is not the only problem

Editorial — The Guardian

Editorial – The Guardian The climate crisis underlines the need for effective global economic leadership. The US president makes this harder, but so do China and several others Ever since the G20 of leading global economies was founded, its summits have mostly been convergent…

28 Jun 2019 · 7 min read
Civil Society

Facebook May Pose a Greater Danger Than Wall Street

By Ellen Brown — Truthdig

By Ellen Brown* – Truthdig Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies, as has already been demonstrated—not in the United States but in China. Unlike in the U.S., where numerous firms feast on fees from handling and processing payments, in…

28 Jun 2019 · 10 min read
Civil Society

From Tony Blair to Mette Frederiksen

Roberto Savio*  Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year. Now they are in power in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland and, most recently, in Denmark.

20 Jun 2019 · 10 min read
Commerce

A currency war will be the the next phase of global conflict.

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard — The Telegraph

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – The Telegraph  Europe has been warned. Any use of monetary levers to hold down the euro exchange rate will be deemed a provocation by the Trump administration. Further cuts in interest rates to minus 0.5pc or beyond will be scrutinized for currency…

20 Jun 2019 · 7 min read
Human Rights

Jamal Khashoggi Was My Fiancé. His Killers Are Roaming Free.

By Hatice Cengiz — The New York Times

By Hatice Cengiz* – The New York Times Washington hasn’t done enough to bring the murdered Saudi columnist’s killers to justice In May, I was invited to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend some hearings at Congress. I had imagined the city in the words of my fiancé, Jamal…

19 Jun 2019 · 5 min read
Democracy

Today's WorldView

BY ISHAAN THAROOR – The Washington Post Next week, the Trump administration will preside over a summit in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Dubbed an “economic workshop,” it is aimed at wooing investment for development projects in the West Bank — a key part of building peace…

19 Jun 2019 · 13 min read
Armed conflicts

The Trump administration's dangerous fever dream about Iran

Michael H Fuchs* – The Guardian The Iran debate in Washington is increasingly divorced from reality – and that should worry us The Trump administration is caught in a fever dream about Iran, and the fever is becoming dangerous. In the wake of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf…

18 Jun 2019 · 5 min read
Elections

Trump’s chances in 2020 aren’t nearly as bad as people think

By Henry Olsen, Columnist — The Washington Post

By Henry Olsen, Columnist – The Washington Post President Trump will officially announce that he’s running for reelection at a massive rally in Orlando on Tuesday. The early line on his chances: He’s not the favorite, but he’s far from down and out.

18 Jun 2019 · 8 min read