Trade flaws: Why it costs so much to move goods around Africa
•Startups are helping shift things faster, but rules remain onerous If time is money, then Beitbridge must be a most expensive…
Interview: Impossible to isolate Russia like Cuba or North Korea, former Russian President warns the US, West
•Says Post-Cold War world order is over •The West’s sanctions on Moscow are destroying its own economic order while bringing…
Long walk to free trade: Africa’s ambitious trade plan needs to speed up
•Non-tariff barriers hinder commerce even more than tariffs In 1963, as decolonisation swept through Africa, politicians heady with pan-African ideals called…
The war in Ukraine is going to change geopolitics profoundly
•Some bits will look familiar, some will look unprecedented “This morning we are defending our country alone,” declared Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s…
A Russia-Ukraine war could ripple across Africa and Asia
•Beware of food price spikes and revolutions if Ukrainian grain deliveries are disrupted. By Alex Smith, a food and agriculture analyst…
The overstretched superpower
•Does America Have More Rivals Than It Can Handle? By Hal Brands The first year of Joe Biden’s presidency ended as…