Current Affairs

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  • The problems bankers face in Lebanon and Libya

    Bankers are not the most popular people among nations, but the bankers in Lebanon and Libya are that little more hated than elsewhere in the world. In Lebanon there have been housewives and pensioners holding up banks to get their money, the reason is that the dollar accounts they held no longer exist in the…

  • Wagner in Africa

    Wagner turned up in Africa in 2017, its remit was to train troops in Sudan in return for gold. The mercenaries who have fought for Wagner have to a degree been successful in spreading Russian influence and though there have been failures, there is a realisation that Russia’s Africa Corp will remain a significant player…

  • What came after Trump

    Biden came into power undoing a lot of the Trump policies, but he also set into stone some of the arguments that the democrats had in finding a foreign policy that worked. There have been numerous problems with Biden’s arguments, but at least they were not as confrontational as the former presidents. But however you…

  • Will politicians ever take responsibility for what they say.

    It was obvious that the riots in Britain were going to happen. The politicians have spent the past five years migrant bashing and arguing for tougher penalties on those entering Britain illegally. But it is stories that have shocked the British people that led to the riots, the stories of young girls being abused by…

  • Populism, US and Europe

    Immigration is the catalyst to the movement towards populist arguments across the EU and the United States. The arguments concerning immigration and migration have been catapulted to the top of the agenda of the populist politician, but underneath there are also arguments of tax burdens and centralised governments. Trumps call to the electorate of lets…

  • The Japanifacation of China, or not

    There is an argument that China’s economy is entering a difficult phase dependent on growth. The worries concern prime industries but especially the property market and high end manufacturing, but the arguments in the FT and elsewhere is that China is entering a bubble where stocks, property and currency are overvalued, which doesn’t quite tally…