Ukraine’s Increasing Polarization and the Western Challenge

By Eugene Chausovsky, Stratfor, Just days before the Ukrainian crisis broke out, I took an overnight train to Kiev from […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | 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)

CIS region is popular location for clinical trials in 2012

Pharmaceutical companies have discovered that CIS countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia contain large pools of potential candidates […]

By pmr | 13 Feb 12 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Clinical market in CIS to exceed €700m in 2014

Clinical trials in the CIS countries have been developing in a positive fashion (with the exception of Russia, whose development […]

By pmr | 10 Feb 12 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Cement markets in CIS countries continue to grow

With an 11% growth in cement consumption in 2010 and a further 12% growth expected for 2011, cement producers in […]

By pmr | 21 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)