Posts Tagged ‘Book Review’
Mon Oct 3, 2011 15:11 GMT |
America, after the collapse… I must admit that, unlike some of my colleagues, I’ve avoided reading books about the global economic crisis. Part of the reason is that I am sceptical about the benefits of ‘instant books’ – that is to say, books about current events published during the event or too soon after it… [Read more]
Tags: American Restoration Authority, Book Review, Gary Shteyngart, New York, Super Sad True Love Story
Posted in: Book Review, General, US
Thu Apr 1, 2010 16:22 GMT |
“It’s the economy, stupid”. It was short and to the point. A perfect anchoring message, created by famed US Democratic Party strategist James ‘The Ragin Cajun’ Carville, that helped Bill Clinton focus his campaign strategy and successfully take over the White House in 1992. It’s all about message control. Being able to frame the debate…. [Read more]
Tags: Alpha Dogs, Book Review, consultant, election campaign, James Harding, Orange revolution, People Power, political spin
Posted in: Asia, Book Review, Emerging Europe, General, Latin America, Political Risk, UK, US
Fri Jan 22, 2010 16:22 GMT |
What do the Great Fire of London, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the attacks of September 11 2001 have in common? Though their occurrence spanned hundreds of years and different continents, they were all predicted well in advance, and by a single man. Michel de Nostradame, a.k.a. Nostradamus, the 16th century seer who used… [Read more]
Tags: Book Review, Game Theory, Iran, Nostradamus, Nuclear capability
Posted in: Book Review, General, Middle East, Political Risk
Tue Dec 29, 2009 16:45 GMT |
In case you didn’t notice, Sunday December 27 marked the 30th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which we now know was a pivotal event in world history. It was partly with this anniversary in mind that I recently read Artyom Borovik’s The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist’s Account of the Soviet War in… [Read more]
Tags: Afghanistan, Artyom Borovik, Book Review, Hidden War, Soviet occupation
Posted in: Asia, Book Review, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk
Mon Nov 23, 2009 15:55 GMT |
“If you have a lot of what people want and can’t get, then you can supply the demand and shovel in the dough”. – Lucky Luciano It’s a simple enough concept, and one that helped make the father of modern organised crime in the United States cited above ‘one of the most influential builders and… [Read more]
Tags: Book Review, Colombia, Corruption, drugs, Dubai, Mafia, McMafia, McRib, Misha Glenny, Organised Crime, Organized Crime, Western Balkans
Posted in: Book Review, General, Political Risk
Tue Nov 3, 2009 17:31 GMT |
My initial reaction at being handed the opportunity to review Riccardo Rebonato’s 2007 work on financial risk, Plight of the Fortune Tellers, was one of enthusiasm (the name’s not Risk Watchdog for nothing). However, while the book proved insightful, I realised early on that I was reading it two years too late. Prior to Lehman’s… [Read more]
Tags: Book Review, derivatives, financial innovation, Plight of the Fortune Tellers, probability, Riccardo Rebonato, risk management
Posted in: Book Review, Financials, General
Wed Oct 7, 2009 18:36 GMT |
Global politics and commerce have long been centred on major basins, starting with the Mediterranean, then shifting to the Atlantic and later the Pacific oceans. In recent years, the Indian Ocean has emerged as the focus of a new geopolitical competition and a realm for promoting ‘South-South’ trade and investment, especially between China-India and Africa…. [Read more]
Tags: Africa, australia, Book Review, China, geopolitical competition, India, Indian Ocean, investment, piracy, shipping, Somalia, Such A Full Sea, Trade
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Book Review, China, Commodities, General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk