Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia We frequently discuss the idea that governments thrive on taxing the “evil rich”. It’s no secret. Similarly, […]
Why Shiite Expansion Will Be Short-Lived
Analysis Forecast That a bloc of Shiite states has coalesced in the Middle East is a significant geopolitical development; that […]
From Worst to First
By Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning I like to tell people that Greece’s stock market was one of the world’s […]
Can Data Predict Political Revolutions?
By Richard Florida, The Atlantic, First Tunisia, then Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria, and Morocco seemingly spontaneously combusted from the bottom […]
Bahrain and the Battle Between Iran and Saudi Arabia
By George Friedman, Stratfor, The world’s attention is focused on Libya, which is now in a state of civil war […]
Is the Gulf Running Out of Water?
By Adam Gonn, The Media Line, Falling water tables and a salinization of underground aquifers is leaving the Gulf in […]