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Coal Is Winning in Europe For Now…But Why?

Europe is facing an energy crisis that threatens its ability to phase out coal by 2030…

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Lessons From Zambia’s Debt Restructuring

President Hakainde Hichilema is creating a new playbook for African restructurings…

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Turning U.S. Attention from Middle East to China and Asia

The current dynamics in the Middle East are creating an opportune time for U.S. leadership to strategically shift priorities on the global stage, especially as the U.S. is not entangled in any war…

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Distressed Investors Are Watching These Markets

To think many people predicted 2021 couldn’t get any worse than 2020. Little did they know that 2021 would bring delta, omicron, and inflation with a lot of messiness in-between. The result is 2022 will be volatile with a covid overhang and inflation coupled with aggressive interest rate hikes (by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other similar authorities across the globe) to combat the inflation – as a result, 2022 may present more distress than 2021. These are the markets distressed investors will, as a result, be watching in 2022.

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Top 10 Economies to Watch in 2022

Vaccines gave hope going into 2021…fast forward a year later and the omicron variant is not providing the same confidence, especially with much of the globe still not fully vaccinated and / or without a booster shot. Such a reality has created renewed economic uncertainty. As we enter 2022, there are several countries whose economic trends will provide some insight into the global economy going forward…

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Posted in Africa Europe

Covid: The unwritten letter from Southern African leaders…

If Southern African leaders wrote a letter to the world after the first border closure for Omicron…

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Takeaways from COP26 and Modi’s Messaging

Modi may have appeared brash in his approach and his words at COP26…but that cannot overshadow the hard truths raised by his speech…

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Covid-19, Political Unrest, and Economic Challenges: Five Countries To Watch Closely in the Second Half of 2021

On a global scale, people are angry at the current health and economic environment with protests becoming increasingly prevalent. The question for political analysts and investors is whether the anger and unrest boils to an unsustainable level for some countries….

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