Geopolitical Futures

How is the war in Ukraine impacting trade and globalization as we go into the second calendar year of the conflict? Antonia Colibasanu joins John Batchelor to discuss the latest and what the economic world order will look like. In the second segment, a discussion on Romania's involvement in the war and the potential for escalation to press back against Russian aggression.

Russian finances. Russia’s budget deficit in 2022 totaled 3.3 trillion rubles ($47.5 billion), about 2.3 percent of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. It’s one of the...

Strikes in Ukraine. Following a Moscow-declared cease-fire over Orthodox Christmas celebrations, Russia launched an airstrike on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk in retaliation for a Ukrainian strike on...

(click to enlarge) The sanctions imposed by the West on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine precipitated a shift in Russia’s trade patterns. In Europe, the sanctions were essentially meant...

Ukraine update. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour cease-fire, to begin Friday, along the front lines in Ukraine during Orthodox Christmas celebrations. Putin asked Kyiv to also abide...

Meeting in Damascus. The United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, another step toward normalization between the countries. They discussed the...