BakuTiflis

  • Iran Instability and the Oil Market

    Industry specialists and analysts around the world have been keenly watching the oil market in relation to the situation that took place in Venezuela, where the U.S. intervened and removed the former leader, Maduro. The intervention by the U.S. was not just about removing Maduro but also about oil and control over the country’s oil…

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  • China’s Four Global Initiatives.

    China has recently become one of the primary forces for global leadership against a backdrop of uncertainty. Although the global order has become more interconnected than ever before, the turbulent geopolitical landscape does not have a functioning framework to guide world society on a clear path to properly interact and navigate with each other. Developments…

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  • Donju: North Korea’s NEPMen

    North Korea is quite possibly one of, if not the last, traditional socialist planned economies that exist on earth. However, with all the state governance and control over the country’s political economy, an entrepreneur class has emerged called the “donju.” In some respects, they are akin to the Soviet Nepmen during the New Economic Policy…

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  • Iran: Protests and Unrest

    Iran is currently facing major unrest that is seemingly shaping up to potentially be a transformative moment in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s history. Protesting in the country began last year primarily over economic issues, but has in more recent turns of events transformed into demands for major changes in the leadership and its structure.…

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