Oxstones Investment Club™August 11, 2022·19 min read In the study, titled “Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy” the experts said that […]
‘We realized that there’s no way we can return’: Russia’s best and brightest are leaving the country in record numbers. 6 young Russians explain why they left
Three months ago, Sonya, a 25-year-old who works at a major mobile gaming company and moonlights as a tutor, made […]
Tech war: US-EU united front on tech to erode China’s supply chain advantages, analysts say
The united front in trade and tech forming between Washington and Brussels is likely to impede China’s access to advanced […]
Central Asia Could Be the Key to Driving a Wedge Between Russia and China
by Ian Morris Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) holds a portrait of his father during the Immortal Regiment, a rally […]
Opinion: Russia is the world’s biggest loser from oil’s crash, and that’s reason to worry
Russia’s economy and power is highly dependent on oil and energy prices, writes George Friedman. Editor’s note: The opinions in […]
Inside a Siberian Crypto Mining Complex
In Siberia, cheap hydropower, cold climate, and abandoned Soviet industrial infrastructure has made the region of Irkutsk an attractive spot […]
Central banks bought more gold in 2018 than any year since 1967- WGC
* Gold demand rose 4 pct to 4,345.1 tonnes in 2018 * Central bank purchases surged 74 percent to 651.5 […]
The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 2: American Identity and the Threats of Tomorrow
We have already discussed in the first part of this analysis how the American geography dooms whoever controls the territory […]
Why engage in proxy war? A state’s perspective
Author Daniel L. Byman Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy Editor’s Note:States use proxies for many reasons, writes […]
The Economic History of the Last 2,000 Years in 1 Little Graph
That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year […]