Russia Examines Its Options for Responding to Ukraine

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The fall of the Ukrainian government and its replacement with one that appears to be oriented […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

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)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Obama’s African outlook splits opinion

original post – Africa Investor Days ahead of only his third official African visit, analysts are split over whether Barack […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Britain’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Britain controlled about one-fourth of the Earth’s land surface and one-fifth of the world’s population in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 May 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Iran’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor website, For centuries, the dilemma facing Iran (and before it, Persia) has been guaranteeing national survival […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, 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 Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System

By Prof. Peter Dale Scott, From globalresearch.ca site, The present NATO campaign against Gaddafi in Libya has given rise to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Obama Recasts Asia Trip as Jobs Mission

By Michael D. Shear, The New York Times, Talk about bad timing. Just days after American voters sent President Obama […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Nov 10 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

India Can Give the U.S. a Big Export Boost

By Gunjan Bagla, BusinessWeek, On Nov. 5, Air Force One will take off for Mumbai with President Barack Obama, First […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Nov 10 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)