In case you missed it, the foreign minister of Singapore, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, has just completed a two day meeting in Pyongyang with North Korean […]
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The 15 Percent Desperation: Why Venezuela is Selling Cheap and Libya Still Commands a Premium
A financial analysis comparing Venezuela’s drastic cut in oil royalties to Libya’s ability to maintain contract value. How Libyan technocrats and the legacy of figures […]
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Has Failed
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 was launched as a sweeping attempt to fundamentally restructure the kingdom’s economy away from oil dependency. It was presented as a […]
The Contemporary Economic System of North Korea
While often described as the last truly Marxist state, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has in reality undergone a slow but very visible economic […]
24th Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair draws to a close in Pyongyang
The 24th Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair has concluded in Pyongyang. The event, the first to include large foreign delegations, took place between May 3rd–8th and […]
Is the Label Scambodia Fair?
There was recently an article in the Wall Street Journal calling Cambodia “Scambodia” because of the scam call centers where people work in slave‑like conditions […]
The Dark Side of Songkran 2026
Songkran 2026 once again exposed the gap between how Thailand markets its New Year festival and how it actually plays out across roads, cities, and […]
How Cuba Is Resisting U.S. Imperialism
Cuba is not collapsing. It is being strangled. For over six decades, the United States has tried to suffocate the island in economic, political, and […]
Who Is Currently Running Venezuela?
Venezuela is being run from three places at once. One is in New York, where Nicolás Maduro sits in a U.S. detention center after being […]
“Dark” Muslims – and brightly enlightened Europe?
The history we’ve been taught is propaganda: The Islamic world was the brain, Europe the arsonist. In 391 CE, Christian mobs destroyed the Great Library […]