Haitians are demanding democracy, but foreign interests prefer the status quo
Jan 25, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After months of faltering, Haitis quest to find a successor to musician-turned-president Michel Martelly has ground to a halt, leaving an already desperately poor country struggling to find a way past a seemingly...
Our understanding of states, sovereignty and statelessness is being tested
Jan 25, 2016 15:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
One leg of a complicated travel schedule over the holidays imprisoned me in an airport lounge for 12 hours: caught in this liminal space, I began to think about the state, its sovereignty, and the idea of...
Is yellow metal really a safe-haven among precious metals? ETF outflow baffles
Jan 25, 2016 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In the previous month, precious metals prices have diverged within themselves, The palladium and platinum slid by 10% and 2% MoM respectively, while gold and, to little extent, silver benefited from safe-haven demand on...
FxWirePro: Gold attempting to test resistance at $1,110.81, bears push below 21DMA
Jan 25, 2016 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In last week, the gold prices attempted twice to test resistance at 1110.80 levels but rejected at the same juncture, on the contrary it has taken supports twice at 1088.36 (last two days open and close).As the gold prices...
A glimpse on crude oil fundamentals, no disparity between Brent spot and futures
Jan 25, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Among entire commodity space, the prices have been pressurized and continued to drop in last month (21st Dec. - 20th Jan.), especially the slumping crude oil prices has been the center of attention. While the energy index...
Direct democracy may be key to a happier American democracy
Jan 25, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Is American democracy still by the people, for the people? According to recent research, it may not be. Martin Gilens at Princeton University confirms that the wishes of the American working and middle class play...
Has the economy lost its influence on Turkey's foreign policy?
Jan 25, 2016 11:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
Turkey has become one of Americas most vital partners in the Middle East in promoting stability and growth in the region and a key ally in the Wests fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS. This is partly because of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects