Where the world’s running out of water, in one map

By Brad Blumer, Washington Post Blog, Many of the world’s most important food-producing regions depend on freshwater from massive underground […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Aug 12 | Posted in Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The India-China Rivalry by Robert D. Kaplan

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, As the world moves into the second decade of the 21st century, a new power […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Apr 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

From Franklin Templeton Investments site, Almost every market move these days seems to be tied to the latest headline coming […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Dec 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Fertile Land of Pakistan

From valuewalk, By Pakonomy, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has been labeled the country’s backbone so many times, that you would think […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Dec 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

India: a perfect storm

by rcwhalen, zerohedge, Pollyannas had looked to“the emerging economies” – China, India, Brazil, etc. — for growth to help ward […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

New Silk Road could revitalize war-torn Afghanistan

By Prof. Li Xiguang, Global Research.ca,   For thousands of years, the Pamir passes have served as the crossroads of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it’s the talk of folks from Caracas […]

By Aidualc | 10 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

Top Global Political Risks of 2011

Here are the Top Global Political Risks for 2011 as defined by The Eurasia Group. G-Zero Europe Cybersecurity China North […]

By ATSiem | 21 Jan 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

U.S.- Afghanistan Strategy & Solution = Pakistan

Pakistan and the US exit from Afghanistan By George Friedman Bob Woodward has released another book, this one on the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Oct 10 | Posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)