Central Asia Could Be the Key to Driving a Wedge Between Russia and China

by Ian Morris Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) holds a portrait of his father during the Immortal Regiment, a rally […]

By Aidualc | 24 Jun 22 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | 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)

The World’s Leading Startup Cities

By Richard Florida, Challengers to Silicon Valley include New York, L.A., Boston, Tel Aviv, and London. Silicon Valley and the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Apr 17 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Where do our raw materials come from? (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Nice chart/infographic,  Where do our raw materials come from? From the BullionVault, WHICH countries produce […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

5 Major Countries With The Worst Health Care

Which major countries are the worst at health care? And how does the U.S. stack up? In 2000, the World […]

By Aidualc | 12 Oct 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

How Demographics Rule the Global Economy

By Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal, The developed world’s workforce will start to decline next year, threatening future global growth […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 May 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia and China May Be Creating Their Own Jason Bourne Super Soldiers

By Eric Tegler, The United States’ most powerful geopolitical adversaries are already working on something America is reluctant to: Enhanced Human Operations […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Jan 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, The Big Picture | 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)

American Soccer and American Marketing

The current year of 2014 became characterized as the year of the entrance of soccer to the new level of […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 24 Jul 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Rich Chinese overwhelm U.S. visa program

By Sophia Yan   HONG KONG (CNNMoney) A dramatic surge in interest from wealthy Chinese is threatening to overwhelm a […]

By Aidualc | 04 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)