Category Archives: Africa

New Zealand: Kea Street Cred and US$1Bn Promise Lures Kiwi to Front Very Peculiar Financial Service Providers

Another duo of wildly offbeat New Zealand Financial Services Providers

#panamapapers – Why Critic Craig Murray Needs the Scorecard Before He Can Name The Players

Craig Murray keeps jumping the gun with his panamapapers pieces

New Paper Makes Powerful Case Against Tax Treaties

Why tax treaties are a gimmie to multinationals and a poisoned chalice for developing countries.

America’s Double Standard on Trade

Quelle surprise! The US fell all over itself to give Japan breaks on agricultural trade to cinch a TPP deal. But developing countries? Fuggedaboudit.

Connecting American Foreign Policy to Economic Policy

Can American foreign policy be made to work better for US citizens (outside the arms industry) and the rest of the world?

AFRICOM’s New Math, the U.S. Base Bonanza, and “Scarier” Times Ahead in Africa

Africa is now dotted with American outposts, drone bases, and compounds for elite teams of Special Operations forces.