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)

Russia-EU Trade Infographics

Illustration of Economic Interdependence By Pater Tenebrarum, RT and Der Spiegel have recently published a few infographics on trade between […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Statistics, 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)

10 countries with the most gold

The world’s biggest gold bugs Gold just experienced its first annual price decline in 13 years, wrapping up its worst year […]

By Aidualc | 11 Mar 14 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought | 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)

What are the Fastest Winter Olympic Sports? – Visual Chart

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Feb 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets 2014 Outlook: Shaping the Next Decade

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As we embark upon a new year, the Templeton Emerging Markets Group believes 2014 could […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Jan 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, 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)