Libyan rebels appear to have taken control of the capital Tripoli. However, Business Monitor’s Head of Political Risk Yoel Sano cautions against premature optimism. While stability remains far from assured at the present juncture, we also speak with Saket Vemprala, Oil & Gas analyst, about the outlook for the all-important energy sector and when Libyan… [Read more]
With Libya’s rebel forces having entered Tripoli on August 21, 2011, the country’s leader, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, has seemingly lost power after 42 years. Although the rebels appear to have exaggerated their control of the capital – as evidenced by the defiant reappearance of Qadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam on August 23, thereby contradicting rebel claims… [Read more]
As I discussed in yesterday’s post, the world has to get comfortable with the idea of a rapidly slowing Chinese economy and the potential risk of a concomitant, sharp decline in Chinese overseas investment. While China has splashed out around the globe, I would argue that no other region has benefited more from Chinese FDI… [Read more]
