Flash: BIS Sounds the Alarm on China Banking System
Geopolitical Monitor
An international watchdog believes that a banking crisis is in the cards for China.
Economy
Flash: BIS Sounds the Alarm on China Banking System
Interview: ECFR’s Mark Leonard on Brexit and the Future of the EU
Geopolitical Monitor
Geopoliticalmonitor.com sits down with Mark Leonard to discuss Brexit and the future of the European Union.
Misery Deepens in Canada’s Oil Patch
Geopolitical Monitor
The prolonged dip in global energy prices has combined with natural disasters to extend the economic misery in Canada’s oil patch.
Greek Bailouts: From Impasse to Breakthrough and Back Again
Theodoros Papadopoulos
A sense of déjà vu has descended on talks over the next tranche of bailout funding for Greece.
Will the UK Sign a Free Trade Agreement with China?
Geopolitical Monitor
Just how likely is it that a recently unfettered United Kingdom will negotiate a free trade agreement with China?
Flash: Brexit in More Concrete Economic Terms
Geopolitical Monitor
Economists are beginning to quantify the economic impact of Brexit, and their early predictions are anything but positive.
Stakes are High in Saudi Arabia’s Economic Struggles
Geopolitical Monitor
If Saudi Arabia’s economic downturn worsens there could be dire consequences for the country and the wider region.
Africa’s Fish Are Being Plundered with Devastating Consequences
Malik Ibrahim
Unsustainable fishing in Africa is reaching crisis levels, but there’s still time to do something about it.
Trans-Pacific Partnership on Life Support
Geopolitical Monitor
The brainchild of officials who wanted to cement US trade influence in Asia, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is now being doomed by the very country that birthed it.
The View from Zimbabwe: Corruption, Hunger, and Deprivation
Tom Edwards
Once the breadbasket of southern Africa, Zimbabwe is today one of the poorest countries in the continent.
