29 July 2022
Navigating Today’s Geopolitics

Navigating Today’s Geopolitics


Geopolitics concerns the strategic implications of economics, politics, power and geographic space. Essentially, it helps us to better understand the ...
22 July 2022
Debt sentence

Debt sentence


A record number of countries, all of them developing nations, are now at risk of economic collapse. Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Suriname and Zambia have defau...
15 July 2022
Lessons from Sri Lanka

Lessons from Sri Lanka


FOR MONTHS NOW, Sri Lanka has been gripped by economic, political and social disturbance. Last weekend, the world saw images of thousands of proteste...
08 July 2022
CARICOM at 49

CARICOM at 49


ON 4TH JULY, the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrated the signing of the original Treaty of Chaguaramas which established th...
01 July 2022
A world upside down

A world upside down


The international conference circuit is currently abuzz. Two weeks ago, trade ministers or their representatives met in Geneva, Switzerland for the Wo...
24 June 2022
WTO exceeds expectations

WTO exceeds expectations


Such is the fractured nature of multilateralism that when multilateral bodies meet, expectations are low for concrete outcomes to emerge. Therefore, h...
17 June 2022
A Commonwealth for the 21st Century

A Commonwealth for the 21st Century


The long delayed (on account of COVID-19) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), 2022 takes place 20-25 June 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda. Accor...
10 June 2022
Moment of Truth for the World Trade Organization

Moment of Truth for the World Trade Organization


THIS WEEKEND,Trade Ministers of the 164 Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO),will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 12th Session of the...
03 June 2022
Spotlight on Summit of the Americas

Spotlight on Summit of the Americas


The United States (US), will host the ninth summit of the Americas from 6–10 June 2022, with the objective of building a sustainable, resilient, and...
27 May 2022
Liberal order faces a stress test

Liberal order faces a stress test


THE World Economic Forum (WEF) started its annual maeeting on 23 May, 2022 in Davos, a small ski town high in the Swiss alps. The WEF espouses values ...