Yemen – The Globalist’s Top 8 Features

From Yemen’s qat obsession and water crisis to its youth bulge and role in the Middle East, our top features on Yemen.

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Kenya’s Challenges

The meteoric growth of Kenya’s population raises development and stability questions.

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Colonial Aftershocks in the Congo

Why are D.R. Congolese protesting their government?

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South Africa: Between Growth and Chaos

A stalled economy, a growing population and the ruling ANC still faltering.

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Globalization – The Globalist’s Top 10 Features

The Globalist’s top features on globalization through the years.

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Brexit: The Worst of All Policy Ideas

Brexit is the UK equivalent of the United States launching the Iraq War: Noble intentions perhaps, but an utterly self-defeatist move.

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Apple and Donald Trump: Two Sides of a Very Strange Coin

Another tell-tale chapter about vast abuses and the pressing need for an intense debate about the “winners and losers of globalization.”

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Ethiopia: From Role Model to Cautionary Tale

Why are Ethiopians protesting their government?

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Meet the Old Energy World’s Kings

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Participants at the 2016 World Energy Congress in Istanbul pretended that the world of energy will not – cannot – change.

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Madonsela’s Leadership: A Ray of Hope in Turbulent South Africa

Thuli Madonsela is one of those people in South Africa whose leadership bears the hallmarks of Mandela’s exceptional ethos.

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