"Not just in the armed forces where the generals have been openly criticising Putin and the Kremlin for its support for the war - which is unheard of - but more generally the idea of the trajectory of Russia now: led by a president who's been indicted for war crimes, w...
Geopolitics events have a significant impact on financial markets in the process of global economic integration and financial liberalization. Focusing on the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict, this paper utilizes the TVP-VAR network connectedness approach to
The necessity of trade has long driven the desire to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. During the Age of Exploration, maritime trade routes were established from Europe to India and Asia that required a long and dangerous journey around the continent of Africa. The need to find...
The war in Ukraine has increased sanctions against paying ransom demands to cybercriminal groups and cryptocurrency intermediaries based in Russia. Credit: Metamorworks / Nature / Getty Images Last year, before the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, nearly 75% of cryptocurrency payouts for ...
Russia has been at war with Ukraine since 2014. Since the full invasion in February 2022, the intensity of the conflict has dramatically increased. Beyond the loss of human lives on both sides, the terror and war crimes against Ukraine, and the destruction of infrastructure in the country, th...
The 2022 season for river cruising in Europe has begun. And with the easing of COVID restrictions, more Americans are ready and willing to travel abroad. But some have concerns about how the war between Russia and Ukraine could affect their travel plans. ...
The exorbitant cost has impacted negatively on Kenya’s exports to that region, a move that has seen the demand for the commodity wane. The volumes of tea exported to Russia and other neighbouring countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have significantly dwindled. ...
“For many years oil was the macroeconomic and geopolitical asset. Impacted by wars, monetary policies, overall health of the economy…while gas was more linked to physical and regional dynamics. This has changed,” the trader said. Gazprom’s exit ...
Nuclear threats are nothing to sneeze at, and this hasn't changed since the end of the Cold War. In this lesson, we'll see how the world has tried to prevent nuclear war, by stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, and see if it's working. ...
D.Attitudes began to shift in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the once-invulnerable toymaker started to struggle. E.AFOLs were having a dramatic impact on Lego’s bottom line years before the company recognized their value. F.“Before the late 1990s, the company didn’t think their ...