The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
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The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
The Middle East has been a key strategic area for centuries, with the Russian, British, Portuguese, French and Ottoman Empires all struggling to incorporate the region within their spheres of influence. And of course, the Middle East was a key transi...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
The Middle East has been a key strategic area for centuries, with the Russian, British, Portuguese, French and Ottoman Empires all struggling to incorporate the region within their spheres of influence. And of course, the Middle East was a key transi...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
With the stunning overthrows of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, some are wondering whether another one of Africa’s long-enduring rulers, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, is soon to follow. What some might find striking about M...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
With the stunning overthrows of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, some are wondering whether another one of Africa’s long-enduring rulers, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, is soon to follow. What some might find striking about M...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
In Africa’s southern states, land remains a deeply emotive issue, an open wound harkening back to days of apartheid and colonialism. In post-apartheid South Africa, it is estimated whites own 67% of the land (while they are 8% of its population). I...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
In Africa’s southern states, land remains a deeply emotive issue, an open wound harkening back to days of apartheid and colonialism. In post-apartheid South Africa, it is estimated whites own 67% of the land (while they are 8% of its population). I...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
Ron Chernow, historian and author of Hamilton (the main influence for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed Broadway musical), recently released a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, Union Commander and later President. The fate of Ulysses is curious indeed, e...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
Ron Chernow, historian and author of Hamilton (the main influence for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed Broadway musical), recently released a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, Union Commander and later President. The fate of Ulysses is curious indeed, e...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
Last August, Tarek Amer, the polished head of the Central Bank of Egypt, received the IMF’s MENA Central Banker of the Year award. And he is not resting on his laurels; indeed, he has been proactive in attracting foreign funds to his country by ove...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
Last August, Tarek Amer, the polished head of the Central Bank of Egypt, received the IMF’s MENA Central Banker of the Year award. And he is not resting on his laurels; indeed, he has been proactive in attracting foreign funds to his country by ove...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
John Maynard Keynes needs no introduction as the most important economist of the 20th century. His theories have shaped modern economics like few others. However, his vision for the international trade system, or bancor for short, has been mostly for...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam
John Maynard Keynes needs no introduction as the most important economist of the 20th century. His theories have shaped modern economics like few others. However, his vision for the international trade system, or bancor for short, has been mostly for...
Vafa Behnam
Vafa Behnam