Bank Runs and Mortgage Boycotts – The Face of China’s New Economic Crisis
In the west, current events stories featuring China tend to focus on geopolitical risk in Taiwan, its Covid Zero strategy, or even the historic...
What is going on in Sri Lanka – A Sign of Things To Come
Protesters occupying the head of the government’s residence. Skyrocketing inflation. Fuel prices more than doubling. Food and medicine shortages. The president of Asia’s oldest...
None of It Worked
When the coronavirus pandemic first began to surge, I posited a thought on one of the podcast episodes in those early days. How could...
Watching A Crisis Unfold in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s security forces confronted protesters over the weekend, raising alarms of more instability in the Asian island nation. The country is facing a...
Backgrounder to The China-Taiwan Threat
China flew a record-breaking number of military flights into Taiwanese airspace to open the month of October. The unprecedented 150 flights included bombers, anti-submarine...
Evergrande, Our Upside-Down World, and the Shape of Things to Come
Readers who give even the most minimal levels of attention to financial news and headlines recognize the name Evergrande from the last week's headlines....
You Should Know About the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Crises are beginning to accumulate in Ethiopia. It is only a matter of time before one explodes in a significant regional and perhaps global...
Nightmare Scenario
"Between election day and January 20, 2021, Trump’s last day in office, COVID19, killed another 160,000 Americans. Trump said almost nothing about the virus...
A Crowd of Emergencies in Myanmar
The emergencies in Myanmar are piling up and pushing the country toward devastating ends. The 2021 coup took shape as the pandemic was surging...
Ethiopia Disintegrating – Background and Explainer
From the Tigray Crisis to the current spread of regional ethnic violence throughout Ethiopia, this backgrounder and explainer on the crisis in Ethiopia explains...