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Rome, Italy, 6 August 2009. In the second part of our series on how geography influences economics, we look at Russia. Russia Whereas the US is blessed with an...

Rome, Italy, 6 August 2009. In the fourth and final part of our series on how geography, particularly rivers and ports for transportation, play a crucial role in economics,...

Rome, Italy, 6 August 2009. This is the first in the series of 4 articles on the surprisingly large role that geography plays in shaping national economics. Rivers offer...

Ankara, Turkey, 5 August 2009. The Nabucco pipeline is supposed to free much of Europe and Central Asia from their dependency on Russia for energy, but it is also...

   Jakarta, Indonesia, 4 August 2009. With the landslide re-election of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a second term as Indonesian President, backed by a strong showing for...

Mexico City, Mexico, 3 August 2009. With vast sums of money to be made smuggling drugs into the US, Mexico's drug cartels are becoming increasingly more sophisticated. Not only...

Singapore, 2 August 2009. The WTO reported that world trade will slide 10 percent in 2009, with Asia being the leader in the recovery. The WTO's June forecast was...

Oakland, California, USA, 1 August 2009. One of the problems with drugs is they usually cost a lot and are addictive. But what if we could put that money...

Mumbai, India, 31 July 2009. As most of the Western world sees a dramatic decline in print media revenues India is witnessing a new era in newspaper, TV, radio...

Beijing, China, 30 July 2009. China is growing at an amazing rate, and when the global economic crisis comes to a close this incredible power will inevitably emerge with...