Economics

It’s unimaginable that the US would allow any competitor to reduce its enormous new market share in the European energy industry, which it plans to further expand to make Europe even more dependent on it, and that the US wouldn’t…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s interim government is poised to sign a tariff agreement with the United States on 9 February(Monday), just two days before the country’s 13th national parliamentary election. The move has sparked unease among business…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has reiterated the official statement on expanding visa-free travel between Russia and Africa, signaling Kremlin’s earlier position on facilitating people-to-people movement and raising cultural interaction. The question of ‘visa-free’ travel and tourism…

by Asif Showkat Kallol ( Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s interim government has found itself navigating a deepening economic crisis, weighed down by a mountain of debt accumulated during the tenure of the ousted Awami League administration. What was once presented as…

The International Monetary Fund’s new assessment of Nicaragua’s economy labels it as “strong” no fewer than 56 times. But it also shows how key factors in the country’s growing prosperity – export earnings, trade relations and remittances (money sent by…

The talks that the United States and Iran will begin this Friday in Oman are not negotiations in the full sense of the term, but an exercise in containment. They are fragile, exploratory and politically unstable. That is precisely their…

China’s reaction to the judicial annulment of the port concession contract held by CK Hutchison in Panama must be read through a lens different from that dominating Western headlines. From Beijing’s perspective, this is neither an impulsive threat nor an…

Speculation about a possible U.S. military attack on Iran has once again captured global attention. Warships repositioned, air power signaled, and rhetoric sharpened—these are familiar scenes in international politics. Yet history urges caution against taking such signals at face value.…

There are days when death in Gaza seems to advance in silence, one life today, another tomorrow, as if horror were administered in small doses so as not to disturb the world’s conscience too much. And there are other days…

(Moscow Bureau) – While adapting to the rapidly geopolitical changes, Africa has to review its relations with external partners over food security from diverse perspectives. In the current economic context, Africa can demonstrate concern by analyzing distinctive challenges its agricultural…