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)

Ukraine and the ‘Little Cold War’

By George Friedman, The Next 100 Years, We must consider the future of Eurasia after the fall of the Soviet […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Ukraine Turns From Revolution to Recovery

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The uprising in Kiev has apparently reached its conclusion. President Viktor Yanukovich and the opposition reached […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Feb 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Protesters in Lviv Raise the Stakes in Ukraine’s Crisis

From Stratfor, As the standoff in Independence Square continues in Kiev, the western part of Ukraine has added a more […]

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

How Putin Conquered South Africa

By Marin Katusa, Casey’s Research, In the global war for energy supremacy, Russia has won another victory over the United […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Jan 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ukraine: On the Edge of Empires

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The name “Ukraine” literally translates as “on the edge.” It is a country on the edge […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Dec 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Ukraine, Third-Highest Default Risk In The World, Squeezed By Russia, Makes Two Gas Deals To Save Its Hide

By Scott Belinksi, OilPrice.com, If one were to believe most Western media outlets, Ukraine has been lost to Russia. Though […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Dec 13 | Posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | 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)

East or West? Ukraine now has to choose its path

By MARIA DANILOVA, AP, According to an old folk tradition, if a man knocks on the door of a Ukrainian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Nov 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)