The rise and fall of American credit
The recent downgrade by the rating agency Moody’s of America’s AAA rating has passed by largely unnoticed among the plethora of world and local events taking place.
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Whatever happened to the world trade war?
It’s been just over a month since “liberation day” was announced by President Trump and things have zigzagged in different directions since then.
The last development in this saga, ...
Europe may have to choose between the US and China
The dilemma that Europe (and this includes the UK) would have to choose between the world’s two largest economic giants would have seemed preposterous a few months ago. Until ...
Cyprus needs fundamental change not rehashed recipes for PR
I read with interest, and eventual dismay, the Easter article of President Nikos Christodoulides in Kathimerini newspaper where he enthused about his recent visit to the US and the miracle ...
Your dollar, your problem. How there may be a silver lining out of this chaos
Writing an opinion piece makes you realise that actual change does not come about from well-meaning people analysing problems and coming up with good ideas.
Change, rather, is usually the ...
Tariff Trump has misdiagnosed the sickness
April to June are the months where students and parents alike go through the hellish exam period in schools and universities. This year, it is a no less testing period ...
Trump: dancing to a world with no rhythm
During the four years that President Donald Trump was out of the White House, he spent them not only in planning his return, and the retribution he would extract from ...
Cyprus provides example of how Europe could use international law
Europe has stated its goal for greater independence from the US. As with all things European however, it is not going to be an easy endeavour. Even though Germany’s ...