Global Intelligencer Weekly Extra  – March 21, 2021

In this open access episode of Global Intelligencer Early Warning Podcast, the Big Story covers the dilemma Georgia in the South Caucasus between Moscow and the West.

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Global Intelligencer Report – March 18, 2021

In this episode of Global Intelligencer Early Warning Podcast, the Big Story covers the latest in EU-China trade relations.

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Global Intelligencer Daily – March 16, 2021

The thrashing of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats in two regional elections Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday augur uncertain times for post-Merkel Germany.

The chancellor abandons her post in September after 16 bitter sweet years in office.

Her Christian Democratic Union slumped by 3.7 points to 23.3% in the western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg compared with the last election in 2016.1

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Global Intelligencer Weekly – March 14, 2021

In this episode of Global Intelligencer Early Warning Podcast, we talk about 3 topics disrupting geopolitics for businesses and investors – Senegal, EMP attacks, and Syria after 10 Years of War.

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Global Intelligencer Weekly – March 11, 2021

Few words can capture the human tragedy of Venezuela as a recent report to the UN Human Rights Council attests.

The former bus driver and current president, Nicolas Maduro, succeeded by hook and crook, Colonel Hugo Chavez who on his second attempt at politics ruled as the unquestioned strongman from 1999 to 2013 over a once vibrant middle class country with a proud petroleum industry.

That oil and gas cash cow to fund the unbridled mere rebranded Cuban communism of so-called Chavismo inexorably brought Venezuela from one of the original five largest oil-producing countries that created the…continue reading

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Global Intelligencer Report – March 9, 2021

In this episode of Global Intelligencer Early Warning Podcast, get the Big Story on the Global Economic Recovery.

To start with a sidenote, what caught my eye originally was the news that Taiwan exports grow 9.7% in February primarily because of its computer chip industry.

That's a salient point enough because Taiwan is a major player in the global semiconductor supply chain because it specializes in smaller, more powerful chips that require less energy, and that's better for the environment.

But, even better bitter-sweet news is about the global economy – expect a rebound by midyear topping pre-pandemic levels because of growth spurred by increased vaccinations against Covid and US government stimulus, reports Nikkei Asia.1

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Global Intelligencer Weekly -  March 7, 2021

1 – Afghanistan Quagmire 2- El Salvador Legislative Elections 3- China's 2 Sessions – The political elite gather

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Global Intelligencer Weekly - February 28, 2021

1 – Italy's ambassador ambushed in DRC 2 – US-Mexico Energy Relations in Focus 3 – Erdogan's blind ambition: Ottoman's Heir

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Global Intelligencer Weekly - February 14, 2021

1- Russia vs EU In Diplomatic Spat - Moscow humiliates Brussels 2- Iran Nuclear Deal - Tehran pushes forward 3- Pres Xi and Biden Talk - US to review policy towards Beijing

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Global Intelligencer Weekly - February 7, 2021

1 – China – President Xi does Davos via a video address and issues a warning. 2- Myanmar – the military staged a coup overthrowing the democratically-elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi. 3- US - President Biden sketches US foreign policy in a speech to the State Department, but one pressing issue was not mentioned.

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