[escenic_image id="55143816"]Given its global presence, an in situ analysis of the affects of China’s meteoric rise on regional financial systems is often bypassed in favor of shocking one-liners…

[escenic_image id="55136500"]In June, a team of American geologists working in Afghanistan discovered a massive trove of minerals believed to be worth over $1 trillion. At the time, senior US…

[escenic_image id="55128232"]As Turkey positions itself as a regional energy hub rather than a mere oil and gas conduit to Europe (as some in Brussels may have once envisioned), its allies shouldn’t…

[escenic_image id="55101479"]“No one should attempt to play around with this nation, to test the patience of Turkey. As precious as Turkey’s friendship is, so harsh will be her hostility.” Such was…

[escenic_image id="55101467"]In 2007, the collapse of the American financial system led the world into its worst economic catastrophe since the 1930s. As conditions deteriorated, governments across…

[escenic_image id="5594941"]Winston Churchill once said of Russia that it was “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” The White House probably has the same feeling of Germany today. There…

[escenic_image id="5591284"]However dramatic was the dismissal last month of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as America’s field marshal in Afghanistan, it paled in significance compared with the departure of…

[escenic_image id="5588386"]The numbers are dazzling: $19.21 billion. Possibly even topping $22 billion when the dust settles. The initial public offering (IPO) from the Agricultural Bank of China,…

[escenic_image id="5587211"]On 29 June 2010 Taiwan and mainland China signed a historic bilateral agreement that paves the way for closer economic cross-Strait ties. The Economic Co-operation…

[escenic_image id="5584039"]It’s all but official. Some of the world’s biggest oil producers grouped in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) face higher future energy costs now that cheap natural gas…