NAVIGATING POWER

Is China’s Maritime Dominance a Threat?

Jim Gibbons
12 mn

Trade

NAVIGATING POWER Is China’s Maritime Dominance a Threat?

Jim Gibbons
12 mn

Partial view of the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands © Alf van Beem There are lots of poems about … Continued

GREENLAND – High-Stakes Politics in the Arctic

Hossein Sadre
9 mn

Nuuk, capital of Greenland ©Wikimedia Greenland—what a curious name! It sounds like it should be a lush, green … Continued

NATURE’S GOLDEN ELIXIR – The legacy of olive oil

Alexandra Paucescu
12 mn

Olive oil, often referred to as liquid gold, has played an important role in the evolution of human … Continued

CHINA LOVES THE STONES! – China’s near-monopoly on rare-earth elements

Jim Gibbons

IN NEED OF THE UNKNOWN (AND MISUNDERSTOOD) – Europe considers instigating a digital currency, even if very few people know what that means

Anthony James

FREETRADE HITS A ROADBLOCK

Martin Gardiner

RUSSIAN WAR ADDS UNCERTAINTY AND VOLATILITY TO EU FINANCIAL MARKETS

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THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE

Kingsley Brooks
13 mn

Perhaps it’s no great surprise: countries that once ruled vast territories get annoyed when some small parts start … Continued

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WHAT ABOUT FOOD?

Alexandra Paucescu
12 mn

Ukrainian wheat fields on fire © Sesu On February 24, 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, millions … Continued

VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE – chairing the European Central Bank and being popular are not compatible

Anthony James

CHILLING FACTS – The secretive trade in illegal refrigerants

Maurice Cooper
12 mn

If the smugglers of one illicit substance find themselves getting cold feet, it probably means that one of … Continued

APRÉS MOI, LA DÉLIQUESCENCE? Where is Emmanuel Macron heading (and what follows after)?

Anthony James

TREASURE ISLAND – How Cyprus has become a haven for a crooked elite

Kingsley Brooks

FEE-FI-FO-FUM! One woman tackles a 4-headed giant Europe’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager.

Anthony James