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Watch List: June 29, 2017

The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List […]

The German Economy: At the Mercy of Others

June 29, 2017 The fate of Germany’s economy may rest in things Berlin cannot control.

South Korea Makes Time, Not War

June 29, 2017 Seoul will push the U.S. to exhaust all options before it will risk everything on war.

Japanese Exceptionalism

Japan has a remarkable ability to transform itself without social upheaval. But as George Friedman explains, it has not always been this way. Full Story

Japanese Exceptionalism

June 28, 2017 Japan has a remarkable ability to transform itself without social upheaval.

Bending but Not Breaking the European Central Bank

June 28, 2017 Italian bank bailouts have validated concerns over the bank’s ineffectiveness.

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