New leadership seeks to rebuild EU self-confidence
Short, snappy and focused on two priorities - reviving sagging investment in Europe and standing firm towards Russia, the first European Union summit under new leadership was a demonstrative break…
Investors search for signs of end to stock market correction
Measuring the point at which investors have exhausted their selling in a market downturn is an inexact science at best, and at its worst akin to sticking a finger in…
Era of strategic adjustment
At a time of shifting global power dynamics, a conference organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) offered an instructive tour d’ horizon of the world’s strategic…
Take Sagan’s advice
An intense debate has raged among strategic experts in the US that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to invade and annex Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula has significantly hurt efforts to…
Return of geopolitics
A dominant theme at the recent World Economic Forum summit was that the return of geopolitics, turbulence and volatility were combining to shape today’s fraught strategic environment. As the eruption…
Twenty-five years after the fall
Twenty-five years ago this month, the Berlin Wall was dismantled brick-by-brick by East German citizens who responded to an announcement of a relaxation of harsh travel restrictions. Thousands spontaneously flocked…
Season of uncertainty
With Afghanistan entering a more uncertain phase, the election crisis there meant that the recent Nato summit, already distracted by other geostrategic concerns, did little more than voice the alliance’s…
German coalition bickers over arms exports
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel is raising hackles among conservatives in the coalition government with plans to tighten rules on arms exports, amid tit-for-tat sanctions between the West and Russia.…
Russian food embargo a big blow for EU producers: industry
Russia's embargo against food from the European Union will affect 10 percent of the EU's food exports and may cause a crisis of glut in Europe, industry experts said on…
Promise of more keeps investors hooked on Asia’s frothy markets
Calling the top in financial markets is never easy. Asian stock and bond markets may appear frothy at their near-record levels after a multi-year rally, but global investors are still…
