The Italian technocrat also warned that member states’ refusal to relinquish control of their domestic banking sectors risks exacerbating Europe’s financial subservience vis-à-vis the US. The United States’ ownership of European citizens’ banking data and domination of global payment systems mean that the European Union is increasingly becoming a “financial …

Russia-India partnership has the potential to shape geopolitics of the Eurasian region Sanjaya Baru is an economist, a former newspaper editor, a best-selling author, and former adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He also happens to be one of the thinkers who most keenly understands the complexities of the contemporary …

Young men from Nigeria’s North West are leaving the country to seek opportunities in the rebel-controlled and jihadist-infested central Sahel. Their work in Mali’s gold mining industry is financing terrorism in the troubled region. The dim light of the boys’ quarters cast a long shadow over his forehead as he …