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  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Africa’s CFTA trade accord moves toward adoption

    Vested interests and other barriers remain, but there is cause for optimism

    Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    N Korea’s strategy is to ease out of China’s patronage

    Pyongyang aims to monetise its nuclear threat to seek engagement with US

    Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
    Ukraine politics
    Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine

    Despite setbacks, reformers are making progress; they need international support

    Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Ukraine makes strides towards energy independence

    New laws meet concerns of investors and open way to country becoming an energy hub

    Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    China gears up for industrial digitisation

    Flood of capital available to meet demand from army of willing consumers

    Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    beyondbrics China Politics & Policy
    How to win against China’s ‘carrots and sticks’

    Book examines the economic methods employed by Beijing to secure its political agenda

    Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Is the Council of Europe giving up on human rights?

    Efforts to reinstate Russia to Council’s parliament risk undermining the rule of law

    Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Poland’s government has put a brake on growth

    Foreign demand and welfare spending have boosted consumption but outlook is gloomy

    Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    China’s ‘new era’ presages golden age — or risks chaos

    Xi Jinping seeks to turn dynastic power cycles to his advantage

    Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
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  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
    beyondbrics Emerging Markets
    Agriculture is the key to a prosperous Africa

    Only investment can replace imports that squander potential and drive the young away

    Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    China plans super-grid for clean power in Asia

    As hydropower hits problems, China plans renewable energy for region

    Tuesday, 5 December, 2017
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2017
    beyondbrics China economy
    Anti-pollution drive hits China’s growth engine

    China is no longer seeking ‘growth at any cost’, with global implications

    Thursday, 30 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2017
    Pollution
    Air pollution casts a shadow over development

    Damage to cognition and happiness add to the physical toll

    Wednesday, 29 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2017
    Renewable Energy
    Smart money should back solar

    We are on the verge of a revolutionary transformation able to power the last billion

    Wednesday, 29 November, 2017
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    No illusions about Somaliland’s challenges

    International recognition is one of many issues for the nation, says president-elect

    Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Ease of doing business versus civic freedoms

    Managing risk goes beyond an assessment of regulation and property rights

    Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
  • Friday, 24 November, 2017
    Coal
    Clean coal has a part in the Paris Agreement

    We must not ignore an important energy source but invest in making it cleaner

    Friday, 24 November, 2017
  • Friday, 24 November, 2017
    beyondbrics EU foreign policy
    EU cannot ignore its eastern neighbours

    Success of Eastern Partnership countries is of vital interest to the west

    Friday, 24 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Three challenges for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince

    Heavy-handedness may hinder rather than help pave the way for change

    Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
  • Monday, 20 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Albania’s drug crime is now a European problem

    The country has done much but region’s leaders must also act, says prime minister

    Monday, 20 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    US investment review process needs to be updated

    Challenge of China, technology and private equity underline need for a Cfius upgrade

    Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Emerging Markets
    Tunisia showing signs of economic uptick

    Six years after Arab Spring, Tunisia shows pockets of entrepreneurial vigour

    Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
  • Friday, 10 November, 2017
    China capital controls
    China’s capital controls come at a high cost

    Strict controls keep funds in the country, inflating bubbles and storing up policy headaches

    Friday, 10 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
    beyondbrics Emerging Markets
    Venezuela’s blueprint for electoral manipulation

    Linking voter participation to food subsidies explains the Chavista surge

    Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
    Middle Eastern Politics & Society
    Hariri’s departure sends strong Saudi message

    Lebanon has become tool of Riyadh policy to counter Iran, argues Timothy Ash of BlueBay

    Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
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