Reforming North Korea
December 7th, 2014
Via Al Jazeera, an interesting article on how North Korea, at long last, may have decided to begin Chinese-style reforms: There is big news coming from North Korea recently, though it has gone [...]
Afghanistan: Can Pomegranates Power The Economy?
December 5th, 2014 Via BBC, a report on Afghanistan’s economic prospects: As delegates gather in London for a conference on Afghanistan, the prospects for reducing the reliance on foreign aid are increasingly [...]
December 5th, 2014 Via BBC, a report on Afghanistan’s economic prospects: As delegates gather in London for a conference on Afghanistan, the prospects for reducing the reliance on foreign aid are increasingly [...]
Venezuela’s New Best Friend – Goldman Sachs
December 3rd, 2014 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting report on Goldman Sachs’ recent involvement with Venezuela: Socialist Venezuela would never sell out its friends to Wall Street, right? Yet it [...]
December 3rd, 2014 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting report on Goldman Sachs’ recent involvement with Venezuela: Socialist Venezuela would never sell out its friends to Wall Street, right? Yet it [...]
Turkmenistan: A Real Energy Giant?
November 26th, 2014 Via Harvard University’s Belfer Center and? Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, a very detailed look at Turkmenistan’s energy potential by Martha Brill Olcott, [...]
November 26th, 2014 Via Harvard University’s Belfer Center and? Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, a very detailed look at Turkmenistan’s energy potential by Martha Brill Olcott, [...]
China’s Growing Demand For Turkmenistan’s Gas
November 23rd, 2014 Via BBC, a report on China’s growing appetite for Turkmen natural gas: China is a country facing huge environmental challenges as it pursues economic growth. One of its aims is to reduce its [...]
November 23rd, 2014 Via BBC, a report on China’s growing appetite for Turkmen natural gas: China is a country facing huge environmental challenges as it pursues economic growth. One of its aims is to reduce its [...]
North Korea: Open For Business
November 19th, 2014 Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at Rason, a special economic zone far from the police state in Pyongyang: For the few who have ever been to North Korea, it might be a familiar feeling: that [...]
November 19th, 2014 Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at Rason, a special economic zone far from the police state in Pyongyang: For the few who have ever been to North Korea, it might be a familiar feeling: that [...]