Global Geo-political Series: Normandy four talks - Failure or Success?
Oct 20, 2016 11:04 am UTC| Commentary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Francois Hollande, Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their Normandy four talks in Berlin after five hours of closed-door...
Oct 20, 2016 06:26 am UTC| Commentary
When you talk against the leaders of the western economies, you would immediately be considered as an ally or supporter of Russia or China, even if you are speaking out the truth or saying blunt facts. This hypocrisy of...
Italy's referendum could herald a period of heightened uncertainty
Oct 19, 2016 15:33 pm UTC| Commentary
Italy could be at a brink of another political crisis if the 4 December referendum fails to pass. PM Renzi has indicated he may resign if his reform proposals fail to go through. Loss of the referendum and the resignation...
Thirty years on as 'new Cold War' looms, US and Russia should remember the Rekyjavik summit
Oct 19, 2016 10:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
In what looks very like a tit-for-tat downgrading of bilateral relations, Russia and America have traded diplomatic insults in recent weeks over nuclear weapons, geopolitics and economics, prompting speculation about a new...
Oct 18, 2016 12:38 pm UTC| Central Banks Commentary
The main risks events are now in theeuro zone (ECB in September, Italian referendum, immigration tensions). Aconstitutional referendumis planned to be held in Italy on Sunday 4 December 2016. Voters are to be asked...
Global Geo-Politics series: Merkel calls for Normandy four meeting
Oct 18, 2016 12:20 pm UTC| Commentary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a Normandy four meeting in Berlin, which if held successfully could help reduce the geopolitical tensions prevailing between the Russia and the West. Ms. Merkel has invited...
Cyprus considers its next peace vote in the wake of Colombia and Brexit
Oct 18, 2016 08:37 am UTC| Insights & Views
Watching the news about Colombias referendum from Cyprus, I could not help but think that the two countries seemed strangely close. Just a week after the rejection of the peace deal in Colombia and after the global...
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