Nord Stream II Would Push Central Europeans West
If Nord Stream II is built, it could push Central European countries that are still mildly sympathetic to Russia into the anti-Russian camp led by Poland and Ukraine, some of Wikistrat’s analyst warn....
View ArticleWikistrat’s Outlook on China: Foreign Policy
Wikistrat’s analysts have been busy over the last few months projecting the social, economic, political and foreign policy future of China. This poster highlights some of the key takeaways from our...
View ArticleImpact of Akhtar Mansour’s Death on Reconciliation and ISIS
Akhtar Mansour’s Death Unlikely to Affect Peace Talks Last week, after Mullah Akhtar Mansour was confirmed killed in a U.S. drone strike, Wikistrat ran a two-day voting activity in which experts were...
View ArticleCan ISIS in Libya Be Contained?
Most Wikistrat analysts believe the self-declared Islamic State (or ISIS) in Libya can be contained by Western powers, but a sizable minority cautions against complacency. In a recent online voting...
View ArticlePound Acts as Brexit’s Shock-Absorber
Anurag Sinha, a Wikistrat Contributing Analyst and Founder of YourGlobal, argues that the pound is acting as a shock-absorber. He is not too worried about changes in its value in the short term. “It...
View ArticleBrexit Calls Britain’s Ability to Fulfill Its Commitments Into Question
Dr. Matthew Hurley, a Wikistrat Senior Analyst and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, argues the pound’s future is grim. Brexit casts doubt on the United...
View ArticlePound Will Continue to Fall If “Hard” Brexit Seems Likely
Nicolas Lewkowicz, a Wikistrat Senior Analyst, predicts the British pound will continue to depreciate as a “hard” exit from the EU, implying loss of markets and investment, seems most likely.
View ArticlePound Likely to Fluctuate During Brexit Talks
Nicolo Raico, a Wikistrat Contributing Analyst and international affairs teacher at the University of Milan, expects the British pound will remain weak for the next few months, until negotiations to...
View ArticleThings Will Get Worse for Britain Before They Get Better
Andrew K.P. Leung, a Wikistrat Senior Analyst and Chairman of Andrew Leung International Consultants Limited in Hong Kong, argues that the United Kingdom is between a rock and a hard place: It can’t...
View ArticleShort-Term Trading Opportunities as Pound Weakens
Tej Parikh, a Wikistrat Researcher and Consultant at the Institute for State Effectiveness, argues that the pound will remain weak for the next two years, as Britain negotiates its exit from the EU....
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