By Ian Pryde on March 19, 2018
in Africa, Americas, Asia, BRIC, BRICS, Canada, Central Asia, China, Economics, Business, Finance, Economy, Energy, Eurasia, Europe, Gas, India, International Relations/Geopolitics, Islam, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Migration & Immigration, Oil, One Belt-One Road, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, The Middle East, The West, Trans-Caucasus, Transport, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan
China’s Long-Term Strategy vs The West’s Civil War and Short-Termism While the effectively bankrupt West is tearing itself apart and undermining its society, economy and science, China is not just […]
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In August, the Fund had a slightly negative performance of 2.5%, after positioning itself for a QE3 announcement of then unknown timing. The Fund’s overall constructive positioning, however, was of […]
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By Ian Pryde on May 14, 2007
in Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Energy, Europe, Gas, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Oil, Poland, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA-Novosti) – Last Thursday, Russia’s President Putin arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the start of a week-long visit to Central Asia, which will […]
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MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s already poor image took another hit last weekend with the arrest of former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the heavy-handed tactics […]
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Following the disputes over energy with Ukraine in 2005-6 and the interruption to supplies to Georgia after bombs took down two electricity pylons on Jan. 21, 2006 and the gas […]
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