Corporate Foreign Policy

This week Burundi’s National Assembly announced the “unexpected” death of President Pierre Nkurunziza at the age of 55 due to a heart attack. Though speculation is swirling that he actu...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/burundis-crisis-is-a-reminder-that-we-should-care-about-small-democracies-52f608cbb9ab

Argentina defaulted for the ninth time on Friday, May 22 Last Friday’s deadline for Argentina’s high-wire negotiations with creditors passed without a restructuring deal or a critical $500...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/the-writing-is-on-the-wall-for-a-global-debt-crisis-d71c1412208c

HAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXACERBATED NATIONALISM IN EUROPE? EUROPEAN LEADERS JOIN THE FUNDRAISING VIDEO CONFERENCE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION AUDIOVISUAL Last month, 24 foreign ministers from all ...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/has-the-covid-19-pandemic-exacerbated-nationalism-in-europe-9af003d5f739

A customer uses an Ecobank Transnational ATM. Photographer: Adrienne Surprenant/Bloomberg At a time when multilateralism has been undermined, the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a surge of internati...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/debt-relief-in-africa-in-times-of-covid-19-a-ticking-time-bomb-waiting-to-go-off-c22b0d46a11f

CAN AFRICAN ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD DURING A PANDEMIC? A voter, wearing a mask, in a polling station in Gao, Mali, March 29, 2020. Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP Elections postponed due to the coro...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/covid-19-and-the-impact-on-the-electoral-process-in-africa-must-democracy-wait-99ccef33dbf

COVID-19 is significantly reshaping our world with a considerable impact on the ground rules of intercontinental geopolitical relations. The COVID-19 outbreak is exacerbating the disparities betw...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/the-threat-of-covid-19-on-fragile-countries-in-africa-and-the-burden-of-foreign-sanctions-24a0b0a82705

The favor enjoyed by the dozens of countries in the Central American and Caribbean region (CAC) in Washington ebbs and flows. Indeed, successive US-bound migrant caravans from Honduras, Guatemala...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/these-star-economies-are-driving-growth-in-central-america-and-the-caribbean-11ede0607535

Et tu, Brute? They used to say that “all roads lead to Rome.” But with the recent decision by Italy’s leadership to endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative, I think it’s safe to say ...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/did-italy-just-become-beijings-gateway-to-disrupt-europe-c9d9a05b07fd

Lithium production shines in Chile, while Bolivia and Argentina struggle to entice investors A lithium extraction operation in Chile, otherwise known as a “salar” The new industrial age is ...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/burgeoning-clean-energy-market-renews-focus-on-latin-america-cab54d92e97f

RAMAPHOSA’S AGENDA FOR SOUTH AFRICA THREATENED BY ENERGY INSECURITY Ever since the notoriously scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma was forced to resign this past February, South Africa has be...

https://corporateforeignpolicy.com/ramaphosas-agenda-for-south-africa-threatened-by-energy-insecurity-e12639e075a0