Everybody is writing about this one little “satire” cartoon which aired on New Year’s in Russia, and trying to figure out if it is meaningful or not. Given that the cartoon of a singing and dancing diarchy contained no real...
There’s an interesting editorial in the Japan Times today about how China has made so many inroads into Central Asian energy investment, especially in just the past few years. Many governments in the region, such as Turkmenistan and Ka...
Oil has crept up to $82 a barrel on its 9th day of gains, with the cold snap in the US and the Russia-Belarus dispute reportedly stoking the increase. Belarus has allegedly threatened to halt electricity supplies to Kaliningrad as the spat r...
‘To be sure, issues remain in places such as China, Brazil, India and Russia, but their economic policies and financial structures proved surprisingly resilient and their growth prospects now look good’: a comment piece in Bloomberg en...
TODAY: Russia and Belarus – where did it all go wrong? State Duma speaker’s inclusive vision of customs union; Ukraine’s Viktor Yushchenko fights for his presidency with anti-Russian tactics; Circassian protest. Sugge...
In addition to that article on Brazil by Susan Kaufman Purcell published in the Wall Street Journal today, Gideon Rachman’s latest column in the Financial Times (see excerpts below) is the second time in one day we’ve the Obama Adminis...
In an interview with Bloomberg, Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs says he’s still bullish on Russia despite receiving many emails requesting him to drop it from the BRIC grouping. So despite the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the ongoin...
Nina Khrushcheva has an interesting piece on Project Syndicate today about how Russia is keeping up appearances: Then in October, remembering the victims of Stalin, Medvedev wrote in his blog (itself meant to convey how up to date he is): “W...
In light of RA’s recent article on Brazil and Venezuela, I thought I would excerpt from this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by Susan Kaufman Purcell of the University of Miami, which adds to the discussion on global multilateralism...
It seems like a pretty desperate move for Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to attack his one-time Orange Revolution ally Yulia Tymoshenko as being just as much of a Russia puppet as Viktor Yanukovich. It’s not only inaccurate R...
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