The West’s Reckless Rush Towards War with Russia

We’re taking big risks for unclear reasons by Chris Martenson For reasons that have no rational explanations at this time, […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Aug 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Borderlands: Hungary Maneuvers

Geopolitical Weekly By George Friedman I am writing this from Budapest, the city in which I was born. I went to […]

By MarketAngel | 28 Jul 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why Moldova Urgently Matters

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, “NATO’s Article 5 offers little protection against Vladimir Putin’s Russia,” Iulian Fota, Romania’s presidential national […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Jul 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Borderlands: The View Beyond Ukraine

From Stratfor, Installment in George Friedman’s recent series written during his journey from the Baltics, through Central and Eastern Europe […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Jun 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey, Part 2: Borderlands

By George Friedman, Stratfor, A borderland is a region where history is constant: Everything is in flux. The countries we […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Jun 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

BRICS emerging nations close to launching bank; to start lending in 2016

By Alonso Soto, Reuters, The five BRICS nations will likely agree to fund their $100 billion development effort equally, giving […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Borderlands: First Moves in Romania

By George Friedman, Stratfor, I arrived in Bucharest, Romania, the day after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. U.S. Secretary of Defense […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 May 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Economy of Ukraine and Geopolitical Threats

Ukraine took a place of a hot topic in news reports and analytical observations in the last several months. Nevertheless, […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 11 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Seven Nations Buying the World’s Gold

Gold prices may have tumbled in 2013, but gold has tried to make a significant recovery at the start of […]

By Aidualc | 07 May 14 | Posted in Commodities, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

America’s Biggest Edge Over the Rest of the World

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool,   Check out these recent headlines: “Japan’s population falls by record 244,000 in 2013” “China’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)