Asia Sri Lanka Court Found Ex-President Contributed to Economic CrisisBy Philip WalshDecember 11, 20231 London (15/11 – 67) Colombo Supreme Court rules that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda,…
Economy Sri Lanka’s Devastating Economic Crisis ContinuesBy Spencer BallardDecember 10, 20231 Brussels (16/11 – 83) Sri Lanka is still dealing with the aftermath of its most devastating economic crisis since independence, a government without popular support…
Bilateral Relations The Relevance of NATO in the 21st CenturyBy Russell Bradley FrancisDecember 9, 20230 Frankfurt (3/12 – 12) The relatively rapid cohesion of disparate nations, historically competitive or even at war with one another,…
Crime When Corrupt Politicians Waltz into the Debt TrapBy Russell Bradley FrancisDecember 1, 20236 Toronto, Atlanta (28/11 – 20) A wise old expression intones “Behind every bad borrower is a bad lender”. Like many…
Central Asia Tajikistan Sentence Five Pamiri Leaders To Life ImprisonmentBy Jeremiah BradleyNovember 30, 202317 Berlin (24/11 – 50) The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan sentenced five Pamiri leaders from the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous…
Business Moody’s Warning on the Massive U.S. Debt Burden Has Turned Into a NoneventBy Fernando SantosNovember 21, 20231 There was a time when bad news about U.S. debt would send markets into a tailspin, but not this month.…
Alaska Federal Funding to Bring $200M in Electrical Grid Improvements for Alaska’s RailbeltBy Trevor BatesNovember 15, 20231 The Biden administration is sending Alaska more than $200 million to improve the Railbelt electrical grid, which runs from Homer…
Alaska To Avoid Timber Sale, Southeast Alaska Community Seeks to Begin Carbon Credit ProgramBy Warren Gerard BishopNovember 14, 20231 The city of Whale Pass in Southeast Alaska doesn’t have much: a few dozen residents, a road, a school and…
Canada Freeland to Table Housing and Affordability-Focused Fall Economic Statement Nov. 21By Fernando SantosNovember 10, 20231 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be presenting an updated picture of Canada’s finances on Nov. 21,…
Canada Trudeau Government Unveils Plans to Cut $500 Million in SpendingBy Darren LeonardNovember 10, 20231 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government unveiled details of its plan to cut $500 million from government spending Thursday — and…
