Sudan on the Brink
The outbreak of violence this week has brought the world to the brink of a Sudan civil war. Such a conflict poses a risk...
Bank Failures, Government Interventions, and a Dysfunctional Economic System Beginning to Implode (Part 2)
This is part two of this article discussing the coming economic meltdown. You can find part 1 here.
Crazy Stupid Ideas That Lead to the...
Bank Failures, Government Interventions, and a Dysfunctional Economic System Beginning to Implode (Part 1)
This is part one of two articles discussing the next economic meltdown. You can find part 2 here.
At the end of last week, Silicon...
A Two-Headed Crisis in Israel
Israel is facing an unprecedented level of crisis both internally and externally. A rise in violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians has become the...
The Rise in Scale and Frequency of Natural Disasters
Older readers will remember a time when natural disasters were significant events. Today, they seem all too common. Does it feel like it is...
The Age of Polycrisis
Welcome to the age of polycrisis. This is the age when what we once imagined as topics of dystopian fantasy has become the present...
The Recurring Debt Limit Crisis – Kicking the Can Down the Road
On Friday, the US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, warned the US must take “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its debt as...
The Wagner Group – The Russian Bad Guys Coming Out of the Shadows
The Russian mercenary organization, the Wagner Group, is no longer hiding in the shadows. A recent Washington Post report detailed the acknowledgment and accolades...
Fighting Returns to Libya
The truce and political stalemate that suspended fighting in Libya’s civil war for nearly two years may have toppled into calamity over the weekend....
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...