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 […]

By Aidualc | 12 Jun 18 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Geopolitics of Nuclear Weapons

By George Friedman, Xander Snyder, and Cheyenne Ligon, Geopolitical Futures President Trump has reversed his stance on a number of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

10 Countries Where Americans Can Save Big on Medical Care

TREATMENT AND TRAVEL     As medical care becomes more expensive in the United States, many Americans are traveling abroad […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Apr 16 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Countries With the Widest Gap Between Rich and Poor

By Alexander E.M. Hess, Vince Calio and Thomas C. Frohlich  The United States of America — the land of opportunity — has the fourth […]

By Aidualc | 05 Aug 14 | Posted in Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

Ten Countries Where People Live Longest

Life expectancy in the U.S. has risen in the past few decades. While in 1970 life expectancy at birth was […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jan 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

The Most Educated Countries in the World

Between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of adults with a college degree in the United States remained unchanged at 42%. […]

By Aidualc | 21 Nov 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)

Greece First Developed Market Cut to Emerging at MSCI

Greece became the first developed nation to be cut to emerging-market status by MSCI Inc. (MSCI) after the local stock […]

By Aidualc | 11 Jul 13 | Posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions […]

By Aidualc | 09 May 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Israel’s Iron Dome, and the Ongoing Energy Revolution

By Byron King, Outstanding Investments Byron King The Middle East mess affects all manner of scenarios for future price and […]

By Aidualc | 18 Apr 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)