by Rachel Poole | Aug 26, 2021 | Geopolitics & the Day After
Here is our take on the articles summarized below: As the stability of the global economic system is increasingly shaken, more and more potential outcomes are becoming “known unknowns” – fields where an excess of uncertainty challenges our heuristics to...
by Rachel Poole | Aug 21, 2021 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities tumble Global equities tumbled this week as the US reported weak sales data and the Federal Reserve announced it is considering tapering its bond purchases. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both decreased 0.59% and 1.11% respectively,...
by Rachel Poole | Aug 19, 2021 | Geopolitics & the Day After
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban this week has prompted a flurry of news and analysis of not just Afghanistan’s instability but also of the fragility of democracy in the Middle East. The US foreign policy approach to the Middle East has been criticized following...
by Rachel Poole | Aug 5, 2021 | Geopolitics & the Day After
The articles we have featured this week touch on several unique topics which have not received much attention in the media as Covid-19 continues to dominate headlines. Water crises in Iran and the Nile River region have stirred up political tensions which threaten to...
by Rachel Poole | Aug 3, 2021 | Crossroads
Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded last month, and which may affect economic, financial and geopolitical issues in the months ahead: North America US-China tensions heated up last month after the US and several allies, including the European...