Global Headwinds are Coming

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AROUND LATE April/ early May 2020, the price per barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil had fallen to negative US$40. At the time of writing, WT...

One for the Team

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In my final match as an under 15 cricketer, I had bowling figures of 10 overs, 39 runs and 6 wickets. One of the wickets was the result of a brilliant...

Pandora’s Box

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A pandora’s box was opened earlier this week when the financial affairs of some of the most powerful political and business leaders in the world beg...

Angela Merkel’s Legacy and Lessons from Germany

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After 16 years in power, Angela Merkel, outgoing Chancellor of Germany, is bringing the curtain down on a stellar career as a German, European and glo...

China’s debt problem

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There was a time when the phrase “when America sneezes, the world catches a cold” was quite common and certainly rang true. This simply meant that...

Facts, misinformation and disinformation

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WE LIVE IN an age of information. Since the beginning of human civilisation, the current generation has perhaps been the most fortunate as it relates ...

Placing Caribbean-Africa relations on proper footing

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The inaugural Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Africa Summit was held virtually on 7th September 2021. The Summit was hosted by Kenya under the theme �...

A Development Agenda for a World in Crisis

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WE LIVE IN AN age of global pandemics, economic shocks, endless wars, a climate crisis, an environmental emergency, extreme income inequality and soc...

The American Paradox

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POUND FOR POUND, America remains the world’s most powerful country. It has the most powerful military, the largest economy and massive amounts of s...

Afghanistan is at an inflection point

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The speed with which the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the bulk of American forces caught many by surprise, includi...