The decline of Great Britain continues with economic woes, restrictions on free speech, continued colonial thinking globally and in Ukraine, and a complicated political scene with an unpopular Labour PM, a disappearing conservative party and an overall sense that the UK is heading in the wrong direction. The new Reform UK party has grown as…
The age of global consensus has ended, demanding a new, strategic, and resilient approach to trade and global interactions. For decades, globalization served as the default setting for economic policymaking. Open markets, free capital flows, and integrated supply chains were not merely policy instruments; they were articles of faith. At the same time, it is…
Trump has been annoyed with the Federal Reserve bank for a long time as he would like them to lower interest rates to get the U.S. economy moving at a faster pace. The Fed, on the other hand, states that the inflation is still too high and that there are too many uncertainties related to…
Just like in the U.S., the far-right parties in Europe are gaining ground and are becoming more legitimate in the eyes of the voters. The established parties are trying to fend them off, but are not successful. Their best chance is still to create coalitions to exclude them, but it is only a matter of…
One week after Trump’s summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin seems in no hurry to build on progress that Trump said was made in his bid to end the war in Ukraine. Trump has indicated that there would hopefully be a quick process and to get Ukraine involved soon for a new…
