In the last decade, the middle income countries (MICs), and in particular Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs), have witnessed a truly remarkable period of growth and development, which is resulting in a notably different balance of global economic pow ...
From November 3-8, 2013, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung led an energy fact-finding mission to Belgium and Germany to learn about European energy policies, US-EU energy relations, and the German Energiewen ...
Europe is at a crossroads. It is confronted with the eurozone crisis, a faltering global economy, a rising China, and political upheaval in North Africa. At the same time, Spain is experiencing a ruptured housing bubble, record unemployment, tough austerit ...
Global business and trade are suffering due to the crisis in Europe, which has reached worldwide proportions. As markets shudder from the systemic ripple effects of recent developments, European leaders are scrambling to find solutions. Businesses in Euro ...
The European Union is at a critical juncture. The 1992 Maastricht Treaty established a currency and monetary union, but not an economic or a fiscal union. Twelve years after the introduction of the euro, it seems that this agreement is no longer sustainabl ...
Vladimir Putin could be Russia’s president until 2024. The recent announcement that he will run for the presidency this year has raised some eyebrows, and many more questions. What does this mean for the country’s domestic politics? What are the implicatio ...
The growing European sovereign debt crisis has many looking to Germany, the largest economy in the euro area and the fifth largest in the world, for a solution. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has affirmed that it is Germany’s duty to contribute to securin ...
Nestled in the Caucasus, Georgia has had a tumultuous history. In the twenty years since the break-up of the Soviet Union the country has experienced civil unrest, territorial separatism, revolution, and a war with Russia. These events, combined with the o ...
Economic interconnectedness has brought unprecedented levels of prosperity to much of the world. However, the financial and economic crisis has brought to the forefront the global disequilibria that had been concealed by pre-crisis exuberance. Western coun ...
http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/09/15/scotland_and_the_centrifugal_fo... September 15, 2014 Foreign PolicyEurope, Policy & Politics ...
