Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
During the lengthy discussions which led to the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement, economist John Maynard Keynes opposed fixed exchanged rates via-a-vis a gold backed US dollar. He instead proposed the creation of a super-national unit of account which he called the bancor. The justification behind a seemingly tedious accounting unit […]
The term “virtue signalling” tends to denote a trend among western ultra-liberals who attain an emotional uplift from going out of one’s way to demonstrate how one is morally superior to those living more conventional lifestyles. Whether it is someone bragging about their recycled socks or their bicycle made out […]
Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Deng Li has announced that by 2021, China seeks to double foreign direct investments into Turkey with a goal of reaching $6 billion. China and Turkey also look to work together to boost tourism between the two countries. As a key participant in the Belt and […]
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa has been released on bail after being arrested on charges linked to the anti-dummy law against securities fraud. Like clockwork, Ressa’s rich and powerful friends on the international liberal media circuit began posting articles and social media updates which decried a supposed “lack of press freedom” […]
A week after the United States declared the total defeat of the Daesh terror organisation in Syria and Iraq, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford told the US Congress that the Pentagon will continue to arm and back the YPG/PKK terror organisation which forms the core […]
Underestimating the potential of one’s adversaries and expressing excessive self-confidence in one’s own abilities oftentimes leads to the said party being unpleasantly surprised if events don’t go exactly according to how they expect them to. Russia would well to reconsider its position towards the US’ proposed “European Energy Security And […]
The “African Spring” seems ready to spread to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after there are visible signs that the US is stoking its “deep state” civil war in order create obstacles to China’s hitherto unrestricted access to cobalt there, with the possible success of this non-kinetic “containment” measure […]
The UN has made its position clear that the American decision to recognise the occupied Golan Heights as part of Israel rather than an occupied Syrian territory has no standing in international law. That being said, because of the power of the United States, the decision has nevertheless dealt a […]
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has confirmed that between the 18th and 23rd of March, Turkish and Iranian forces conducted a successful cross-border operation against PKK terrorists and their PJAK affiliates. Turkish media have reported that both sides have agreed to continue their cooperation against a mutual terrorist threat for […]
In a fair world, the contemporary leadership of India and Israel would understand the mistakes of the past and try to rectify the occupation of Kashmir and the occupation of Palestine. But back in the real world, both India and Israel thrive on perpetuating a cycle of violence against the […]
