October 28, 2016

The Global Banking Cycle: A Visual Guide

Since the 1970s, the financial cycle has become more pronounced in the United States, with higher highs and lower lows.

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TECHNOLOGY

Battery Technology: A Different Kind of Power Struggle

If any press is good press, then the lithium-ion battery has had a great few weeks in the spotlight at the center of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone failures. But the lithium-ion battery as we know it is reaching its limits.

FINANCE & ECONOMICS

The BRICS Without Mortar

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are losing some of the shared traits and interests that once held them together.

POLITICS

Duterte Walks the Tightrope 

Securing support from China and Japan is only half the battle for the Philippine president, and the next part promises to be trickier.

SECURITY

The Human Cost of Retaking Mosul 

Iraqi and Kurdish forces will prevail in their battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, but their victory will come at a high political and human cost.

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