The Obama team is prepping for what many summit-watchers are saying is going to be a tough entente with European leaders this week. How did transatlantic ties get so weak? […]

Grass –Mud-Horse! China to America! No Dollar!rn The main purpose of this high-pitched action is to tell America: I got my problem, you got yours, do not mess up with me to threaten my single- Party-ruled survival! rn In this Chinese – say- no to dollar incident which is mainly a political move. Prevent incident! It almost surely is their main theme.

We asked Harvard Business School Professor Robin Greenwood about new regulations of the financial services industry, the future of hedge funds, and what Wall Street will look like in five […]

Richard Dowden says Mugabe will not bow from power if only to spite the West.

The journalist does not have faith in a massive financial aid package for Africa.

The journalist says prevention is the key step that no effort has been able to successfully deliver on yet.

The journalist notes a great deal of enthusiasm for Obama but no homegrown leader of equal stature.

Journalist Richard Dowden says solidarity is the goal but it’s handicapped by regional allegiances.

The journalist says colonialism was “short enough to destroy leadership in Africa but not long enough to replace it with anything else.”

The journalist analyzes China’s far-reaching role in Africa’s mineral sector.

The journalist advises not going to Africa with the idea of being a crusader.

The journalist explains the dysfunction that plagues Africa’s politics.

The journalist first entered the field after missionaries got him a teaching job in Uganda in 1971.

The journalist tells the story of the world’s leading organization for African affairs.

Big Think recently approached five leading international economists for their best predictions on when we will be out of the mess known as our national economy. Watch for their commentary […]

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Outside of how best to solve the current crisis, perhaps the greatest macro question of our moment is what the net effect will be on the balance of global powers […]