Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on India’s rise and the need to take New Delhi’s projection of power in the region seriously: A decade ago, I went to India on a three-week speaking tour that took me to New Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, and Hyderabad. The idea behind the trip, which the U.S. State […]
Read more »Via Amwaj Media, a look at the rising Sino-Qatari gas collaboration: As the importance of China’s role in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector grows, the energy dimensions to Sino-Qatari relations have significantly deepened. The shift is taking place in a context featuring rising tensions in China’s relationships with two top competitors of Qatar […]
Read more »Via BBC, an article on Cuba’s acute fuel shortages which – on top of years of food insecurity, inflation and electricity blackouts – is pushing Cuba closer to Russia: Cuban taxi driver Jorge Lloro is reminded of his nation’s historic ties to Russia every time he gets behind the wheel of his navy blue, Soviet-era […]
Read more »Via New African Magazine, commentary on how emerging markets across Africa and beyond should take advantage of the precedents being set by geopolitical wildcards – notably, Saudi Arabia – by challenging existing paradigms that shape the global political economy not just in government affairs as well as to the private sector, as it’s no longer […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at how Mexico’s Modelo Especial’s efforts to dethrone Bud Light was a decade in the making: Not long after he filed his first major case as the government’s top antitrust lawyer, Bill Baer found himself explaining to colleagues why he sued the company behind an iconic […]
Read more »Courtesy Rest of World, a look at how WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal: > In Senegal, a country with low levels of literacy, WhatsApp voice notes allow farmers and researchers to share information and collaborate. > Farmers, researchers, and NGOs use WhatsApp as their primary source of communication, using it to spread […]
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