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FSOC Revived: U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council Finalizes Framework for Future Action

Posted by Phillip Ortiz
December 5, 2023

On November 3, 2023, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a final analytic framework for assessing financial stability risks (the Framework) and...

Green Shipping Picks Up Speed

Posted by Frederick Pope
December 3, 2023

In August, a cargo ship known as the Pyxis Ocean set sail — literally. The ship, about 750 feet long, had been outfitted with...

Opinion: What Biden-Xi didn’t say

Posted by Sam Promise
December 1, 2023

There were smiles for the camera, handshakes, warm words and the unveiling of a couple of agreements. But beyond the optics of the first...

Global crossroads: Fragmentation versus connectivity

Posted by Victor Lucas
December 1, 2023

Across the globe, we observe no significant changes in the political boundaries of countries, but geopolitical boundaries are being redrawn, creating new lines that...

AUKUS submarine revelations compel a rethink

Posted by Peter Burton
December 1, 2023

US Congressional report argues that Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines would actually undercut deterrence of China by depleting the US submarine fleet. With the...

The Shaky Stock Market is Making Americans Feel Uneasy

Posted by DN15Aa4109
November 30, 2023

Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans’ moods soured this month, largely due to a wobbly stock market. The University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey showed that sentiment...

Future USS Thad Cochran Marks Start of Fabrication

Posted by David Greer
November 30, 2023

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The Navy and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Thad Cochran (DDG 135) with...

UK may block US West Coast $20bn mega deal

Posted by Fredrick Norris
November 29, 2023

A mega-money $20 billion deal orchestrated on the West Coast of the United States may be blocked by the UK competitions watchdog. An investigation...

Trouble with the Russian Potato Harvest – Call China for Help!

Posted by Gene Barton
November 28, 2023

Frankfurt, Atlanta (23/11 – 10) Potatoes are a serious matter. The lowly potato does in fact have a lengthy and exotic history, being grown...

Turkey frees US consulate employee whose jailing strained ties

Posted by Gene Barton
November 28, 2023

A Turkish former employee of the US consulate in Istanbul was recently released from prison, Bloomberg News said on Monday, three years after he was convicted...