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Western, Russian diplomats globetrotting to win support in ballooning sanctions battle

Ben Aris in Berlin March 8, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Africa. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has just been to Central Asia before visiting India, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has just completed a tour of Africa, India and the Caucasus.

Russia and China’s popularity rising in the Global South as world fractures into liberal and illiberal spheres

bne IntelliNews February 14, 2023

Of the 6.3bn people who reside outside of liberal democracies, 70% have a positive view of China and 66% of Russia.

IMF: Charting globalization’s turn to 'slowbalization' after world financial crisis

Jeff Kearns of the IMF February 9, 2023

The free flow of ideas, people, goods, services, and capital across national borders leads to greater economic integration. But globalization, the trend toward these things moving ever more freely between nations, has slowed in recent years.

NEMETHY: Key economic and financial drivers to watch in 2023

Les Nemethy CEO and founder of Euro-Phoenix Financial Advisors January 10, 2023

There is an old joke that the role of economic forecasters is to make astrologers look good. Forecasting GDP or inflation for the upcoming year with any degree of accuracy is virtually impossible, but there are some scary signs appearing.

The woman who discovered Jack Dorsey's new bitcoin bet in Africa first

bne IntelliNews December 21, 2022

In December the investment community took notice of Jack Dorsey’s most recent moves in Africa when his tech conglomerate Block, Inc. co-led a $2mn investment round into Gridless, a bitcoin mining company in Africa.

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