Latin America’s Sugar Producers Sweat the Sweet Stuff

Highlights The European Union’s decision to end its sugar production quota will prompt producers in Latin America and the Caribbean […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jan 18 | Posted in Commodities, Latin America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

  By Dalan McEndree  President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through […]

By Aidualc | 11 Nov 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

7 Countries Near Bankruptcy

Puerto Rico defaulted on its $58 million debt repayment this week for the first time in its history. With its […]

By Aidualc | 26 Aug 15 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

12 Countries That Hate Their Government Most

By Alexander E.M. Hess and Thomas C. Frohlich Europeans went in May to the polls to vote for their representatives to the European […]

By Aidualc | 16 Dec 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Romania on the Right Track

Sometimes, change and reform don’t happen as fast as we’d like in some countries, and Romania has been one of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey: Azerbaijan and America

By George Friedman There is a point where three great powers — Russia, Turkey and Persia — meet: the Caucasus. […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Croatia Trades Bombs for Cafe Culture as EU Entry Nears

By Jasmina Kuzmanovic – May 14, 2013 Under shellfire on Christmas Eve 1991, 13-year-old Maja Biloglav fled Zadar by boat […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jun 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Year of the Dragon heralds power shift in China

Year of the Dragon heralds power shift in China by: Michael Sainsbury: The Australian Chinese New Year celebrations are expected […]

By Aidualc | 22 Jan 12 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)