‘Irrational expectations’ are keeping commodity prices unsustainably low, warns Goldman

Investors counting on a softer global economy to pull commodity prices lower may instead be faced with scare supplies and […]

‘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 […]

Heat waves: The worst is yet to come

Mariano Zafra Molina  For more than 30 years, scientists have been warning of the increased impact of heat waves due […]

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 […]

Russia’s Uneven Drive Toward Economic Self-Sufficiency

The Kremlin is trying to steer Russia’s economy toward a more self-sufficient model by decreasing the country’s reliance on imports […]

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 […]

Lonely Planet’s favourite final frontiers

By Joe Bindloss, Lonely Planet, Fifty years ago, the Starship Enterprise set out ‘to explore strange new worlds, to seek […]

The Big Picture

By John Mauldin, By Neil Howe, I’ve been a bit slow in bringing good friend Neil Howe’s predictions for 2016 […]

The cheapest countries to live in 2016

THRIFTY LIVING       Want to know where you can get cheap groceries, eat out for less and rent […]

7 Countries Near Bankruptcy

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