The Hub: International Perspectives

Hitler Who?

Germany shoulders much of the blame from the rest of the Eurozone. Instead of searching for fiscal solutions, many countries are retreating to stereotypes of the past.

Monday, September 24, 2012 - 09:19 By: Gregory Dufour, The European

The Elephant in the Room (Germany’s choice)

“The EU sometimes reminds me of the love life of the elephant: a lot of dust is raised, then you have to wait 22 months and such a small thing comes out!”

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 09:37 By: Oana Popescu, Center for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning

Kyrgyzstan’s challenges and new Government

The recent political crisis that brought about the dismissal of the Kyrgyz Government due to lack of majority in Parliament has been solved in a fast and efficient way within two weeks. Kyrgyzstan now has a new Prime Minister and Government (see the list below) made up of old and new faces, and everybody is looking for some concrete action with less politicking and more results.

Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 12:29 By: Giorgio Fiacconi, The Times of Central Asia

Vietnam's Macro Stability Put First

Official and unofficial news recently on arrests and political fight among powerful business figures in the country have unnerved domestic markets.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 08:08 By: Vietnamica

Insertion vs. Isolation

Argentina is “increasingly more isolated from the world” is one of most repeated phrases when criticizing the Kirchnerista administration.

Friday, August 24, 2012 - 09:11 By: Dr. Julio Burdman, originally published on El Estadista

Vietnam's Economic Challenges

Vietnam is an emerging market economy with 90 million people and exhibits many relevant properties of a transition system. It allows for examination of values and modus operandi of and some basic conditions for entrepreneurship and creativity that could serve the business sector and positive economic reforms. More importantly, economic problems facing the Vietnamese economy, especially the 2007-2012 period, have pushed it to a decisive moment when revisiting theoretical issues of entrepreneurship and creativity becomes critical.

The post-Doi Moi good times…

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 13:28 By: Dr. Vuong Quan Hoang

Vietnam: Manipulative Banker Arrested

The General Police Department of Crime Prevention under the Ministry of Public Security has confirmed that Nguyen Duc Kien – Vice President of Asia Commercial Bank (HSX: ACB) was arrested.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 08:02 By: Vietnamica

Demarcation line between state and ruling party

During the Soviet period, the Communist Party was domineering over all state institutions: in fact the country was managed by the Communist Party. It ruled with the confidence that this would last forever. However, the situation changed; there is no Soviet Union and no Communist Party. That being said, the mindset of the ruling power to privatize the managerial system has not been overcome. In many post-Soviet countries the situation is similar.

Monday, August 20, 2012 - 11:18 By: Zaza Gachechiladze, Editor of The Messenger