China, which is on everyone’s worry list, is doing exactly what it said it would do, and that is reduce the economy’s reliance on exports and infrastructure building. The country generally is becoming …..
June 2015
Data gathering technology that is already embedded in your mobile telephone and algorithms could in the near future predict that when you leave a meeting or a restaurant, you will need a taxi to take you to your next destination and it will be waiting ….
March 2015
Russia has to be considered to be at a crossroads. The Kremlin’s propaganda against the West and internal dissidents is taking on a life of its own and it is difficult to see how Mr Putin, even if he wanted to, can roll this tide back. The West will have to play a careful game…
January 2015
A view of the world must include a reference to the Ukraine. This unholy mess is potentially a major headwind for European stability and it is difficult to see how it can be resolved. Hopefully at the least it can be contained and possible discussions that are scheduled …
November 2014
These enormous economic changes leave us with a certainty that predicting the course of events is a lot more difficult and policies that try to maintain the status quo are doomed. This is particularly relevant in Europe where….
October 2014
In general, the instabilities we are seeing are relatively benign, but the road to Christmas still has a few bumps in it…..