The New Curse of Critical Minerals
An updated look at the classic resource curse.
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How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century
Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides.
Read more...Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Under the radar, investment funds have been buying farm land in poor countries, leading to substantial price rises.
Read more...The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
Does a critique of EU migration policies reveal more than it intended to?
Read more...The IMF’s Chronicle of a Catastrophe Foretold
A dour IMF forecast bodes ill for developing economies and provides more confirmation of crises in the offing.
Read more...How Trade Liberalisation Kicked Away African Development Ladder
How trade liberalization cut Africa’s modest production capacities, industry and food security.
Read more...Are the BRICS and Their New Development Bank Offering Alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF?
An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.
Read more...Making the World Safe for KFC: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover
How the World Bank’s IFC and others development banks supported KFC’s world conquest by backing its factory farms.
Read more...5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
Read more...BRICS Enlargement – a “Non-Event” or a Stage Victory Against the West?
What does BRICS want to be when it grows up?
Read more...Paris Wants to Show Strength, but Faces Geopolitical Crisis in Africa
A status report on France losing its hold in Africa.
Read more...The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home
The US is being run out of Niger. A lot of our “hegemon forever” spending is going down the drain.
Read more...The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?
Read more...US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia
Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Read more...How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps
Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.
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