Russian Fake News and Misinformation: A Strategic Weapon in the Ukrainian War
From the first moments of the Russian invasion, many misleading videos and false information started circulating on social networks, especially on Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. In just a few hours, internet trolls and propagandist pages supported by Moscow were extensively sharing misinformation and fake news that contained false information about alleged Ukrainian war crimes and […]
COVID-19 and the Rise of Income Inequality
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused not just an enduring health crisis, but also an economic one. The global economic crisis caused by continued supply chain disruptions and bottlenecks shows no sign of abating. Though countries are slowly starting to return to business-as-usual as the pandemic starts to die down, many are warning of long-term financial […]
Anticipating the Global Food Crisis
The war in Ukraine has not only led to a severe humanitarian crisis in Ukraine but has also fueled the rapidly developing global food crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes as the latest development in the crisis that has been straining the food market for two years, stimulated by […]
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: How to Understand the Risks of the Latest Financial Asset Class
Blockchain and Crypto Assets Rising inflation and fears of recession spurred by rising interest rates have seen a general economic downturn. Crypto-assets are no exception to this overall downturn. In a space that has been price exclusionary for many, the market factors are causing many investors to consider the present a prime opportunity to enter […]
No End in Sight for Global Supply Chain Troubles
Just as global supply chains were expected to start moving towards recovery from the complications caused by COVID-19, things took a turn for the worse. Unlike many other states, China continues to have a zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy in place, closing down entire cities for even the slightest sign of the virus. Recent outbreaks in Shenzhen […]
Turkish Drones: A Growing Defense Industry and Arms Exports Sector
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the most powerful weapons Ukraine used for the first time were Turkish drones. Although the United States has been the pioneer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for over a decade, Turkish drones are scoring global success and are becoming crucial in the second drone age. In recent […]
Shifts in Global Crypto Market: China’s Ban on Crypto Mining
In late 2021, China banned all cryptocurrency transactions and mining, including bitcoin and blockchain stocks. This came after several phases of targeting digital currencies in China since 2013, restricting financial institutions, companies, and banks from conducting services through cryptocurrencies. The ban came from several of the most important financial regulators in China, such as the […]
New Dawn of Kazakh Politics Unlocks New Opportunities
The recent unrest in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region have been drawing unprecedented global attention over the past few months, driven by political instability in the former Soviet states, such as Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In the current political climate, underdeveloped countries with weak governance have provided a perfect playground for the global powers […]
The Year of the Tiger: The Zhejiang Faction
On 1 February 2022 Chinese nationals around the globe entered the 24th solar term of the traditional Chinese Calendar, known as Da Han 大寒 , and celebrated the Spring Festival, or Chun Jie 春节 . While celebrations occurred throughout Chinese homes on The Mainland, and around the globe, in the home of Chinese politics – […]
Global Payment Systems: Can China and Russia build SWIFT alternatives?
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, reintroduced the possibility of Russia becoming cut off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). A similar strategy of excluding Russia from the Belgian-based system was proposed in 2014, after the Russian annexation of Crimea. This announcement led to a barrage of articles in Russian media […]
