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Beijing ramps up its rhetoric over Taiwan and maritime sovereignty IISS

Beijing ramps up its rhetoric over Taiwan and maritime sovereignty

Caribnews June 30, 2022

By John Dotson In the month of June, multiple spokespeople of the government of the People’s Republic of...

US influence in the Americas is waning david_jessop

US influence in the Americas is waning

Caribnews June 29, 2022

By David Jessop The recently ended Summit of the Americas will likely be best remembered for the...

Fire juggling in the energy sector: Part 2 lorraine sobers

Fire juggling in the energy sector: Part 2

Caribnews June 28, 2022

By Dr Lorraine Sobers Last week we looked at the “fire juggling act” between renewable energy development...

We must ignore the defeatist voices who propose to sell out Ukraine truss_kuleba

We must ignore the defeatist voices who propose to sell out Ukraine

Caribnews June 28, 2022

By Liz Truss and Dmytro Kuleba The United Kingdom stands side-by-side with Ukraine on its path as...

Guyana and Suriname: How access to capital can transform frontier energy markets arthur_deakin

Guyana and Suriname: How access to capital can transform frontier energy markets

Caribnews June 27, 2022

By Arthur Deakin Back in 2010, Guyana and Suriname were not known for their hydrocarbon reserves. But...

Despite overwhelming success at the polls in Grenada – a word to the wise neals_chitan

Despite overwhelming success at the polls in Grenada – a word to the wise

Caribnews June 26, 2022

By Dr Neals J. Chitan The evening of June 23, 2022, saw a major upset to the...

Lessons for Guyana from T&T: What to embrace and what to avoid? graham_king

Lessons for Guyana from T&T: What to embrace and what to avoid?

Caribnews June 26, 2022

By Dr Graham King Commodity-rich developing countries can suffer terribly from Dutch Disease. Commodity wealth bolsters imports,...

Correcting a foolish wrong ronald_sanders (1)

Correcting a foolish wrong

Caribnews June 25, 2022

By Sir Ronald Sanders It is time that several nations, led in the Western Hemisphere by the...

The fight against food insecurity in the Caribbean lilia_burunciuc2

The fight against food insecurity in the Caribbean

Caribnews June 23, 2022

By Lilia Burunciuc Food prices around the world, including in the Caribbean, skyrocketed this year after the...

Sri Lanka’s one-time Asia’s role model becomes a bankrupt nation ranil_wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka’s one-time Asia’s role model becomes a bankrupt nation

Caribnews June 22, 2022

By Dayanath Jayasuriya At the time Sri Lanka gained independence from the British in 1948, after almost...