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CommuniqEU – European News Roundup

by Keith Zahra Environment and Biodiversity The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives and a Farm to Fork Strategy…

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Creating a shared value ethos – towards 2030

by CiConsulta The Independence of Malta from the British Government had triggered a socio-economic development in a small-island state with very limited natural resources. The hard-working ethic of its citizens,…

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From profits to resilience

by Matthew Bugeja We live in a time in which our very way of life has changed both drastically and abruptly. The global economy was growing at an acceptable rate,…

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Minding our SMEs’ business

by Jesmond Saliba It seems obvious today that there is a symbiotic relation between national health and the economy. What is less immediately obvious is that anxiety is causing as…

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Let us not kill the dead

Editorial Death has started its agonizing walk among us as we have just witnessed three lives being snatched away by the coronavirus, within a week. Our impulsive rush to refer…

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Welcome to the world, Malta

It was a cold, dreary January afternoon in which Jesmond and Matthew first met in Valletta some two years ago. Both were incredibly passionate about the news, but more than…

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Coronavirus – A crisis made for leaders

There are crises and there is the coronavirus crisis. The difference with this crisis, for leaders, is that everything else – not just their companies or industries – hit a…

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Diplomatique.Expert – No. 25 – Malta’s only International Affairs eJournal

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world dominates the headlines. The 25th edition of the Diplomatique.Expert journal focuses on the various sides of this aspect. As of this…

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Conscious spending – sustaining the local economy and beyond

By Claire Hollier – Public Policy Consultant One basic economic law, that of supply and demand, stipulates that these variables pull against each other until they meet to establish a…

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Faith, hope and charity

Many political leaders around the world have declared their countries ‘at war’ with the coronavirus. The power of that the message may not resonate with the same effect in countries…

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Ci Consulta partners with Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry

In view of the constantly developing situation relating to COVID-19, The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has teamed up with the research team at CiConsulta, which manages the…

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Coronavirus – An age of misinformation

This article was written by CiConsulta's GeoPolitical expert Matthew Bugeja appeared on the Diplomatique.Expert International Affairs eJournal. This is being written because it needs to be said. In 2016, we entered…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – The Geopolitics of climate change

This article by Matthew Bugeja appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch When the Paris Climate Agreement was announced in 2016, many sighed in relief.…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – The economics of football

This article by Matthew Bugeja appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch There are few words more synonymous with the word “scandal” in recent years…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – Battling worldviews in Bavaria

This article by Tonio Galea appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch After Davos, world leaders this month turned their attention to Munich, Germany. Unlike…

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Nationality as an unconscious bias

This winter when he was coming back from the holiday travel, one Western European customs officer told him at the border “Come on, show me your return ticket and the…

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Diplomatique.Expert – BREXIT Commemorative Edition

The United Kingdom has left the European Union. As the clock struck 11 p.m. in London, the U.K. ceased to be a member of the bloc after 47 years. We…

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CiConsulta GeoPolitics 2020 Forecasts – The WTO will become ineffective

As of the end of December 2019, the WTO will no longer be able to resolve disputes between its members due to a lack of judges on its appellate body.…

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CiConsulta GeoPolitics 2020 Forecasts – Iran could well leave the nuclear deal in 2020

The JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal as its more popularly known, is beginning to run its course. The US has left the deal, and the European Union has not been…

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CiConsulta Geopolitics 2020 Forecast – The EU will become more outward looking, but just a little bit

For the first time in a long time, the new European Commission will look to flex its muscles outside of Europe’s borders by becoming a truly ‘geopolitical commission’. The problem…

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What to expect in 2020’s geopolitical scenario – Matthew Bugeja

2019 was quite the year. Looking back, there have been a few surprises. But I have been writing these geopolitical forecasts for about six years, and I cannot say that…

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Corporate Dispatch – Diplomatique.Expert Week – 24.11.2019

Malta regained its spot on the global news agenda following the dramatic developments in the investigations related to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The arrest of the businessman Yorgen…

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GeoPolitics Insight – An Iranian hornet nest

Iran is currently being stirred by growing protests mainly over economic stagnation clutching the country. This nothing entirely new. Between 2017–2018 Iran passed through a somewhat similar situation on an…

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Why the polls won’t predict the UK election outcome

This article appeared first in this week's edition of Corporate Dispatch Diplomatique.Expert Week. UK parties have launched their election campaigns this week after an election date was set…

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America Pulls Out Of The Paris Accords

This article appeared first on Corporate Dispatch's Diplomatique.Expert Week journal. Last Monday, the 4th of November, the US filed paperwork in order to initiate the process for it to leave…

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In the ruins of the wall

This article appeared first on the Corporate Dispatch Diplomatique.Expert Week Journal. Thirty years after its sensational fall, it is somewhat hard to quantify what the Berlin Wall meant. The division…

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Thirty years after fall of Berlin Wall, hard borders are back around the world

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, when thousands of Germans joyfully danced atop its graffiti-covered remains, to some heralded the “end of history” in a globalized world. Thirty…

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GeoPolitical Insight – The sun sets on the legacy of the fall of the Berlin Wall -Matthew Bugeja

This article appeared first on The Corporate Dispatch Week, published on November 2nd 2019 The fall of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November, 1989 was a defining moment in…

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Geopolitical Insight – Has ISIS been stopped dead? – Tonio Galea

This article appeared first on The Corporate Dispatch Week, published on November 2nd 2019 The order by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw troops supporting the Kurdish fighters in Syria…

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The Week That Was…

This article appeared first on The Corporate Dispatch Week, published on November 2nd 2019 This week news cycle started with President Trump delivering a nationally televised address that American forces targeted…

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Syria and the new global order – Matthew Bugeja

This article, by CiConsulta GeoPolitical Advisor Matthew Bugeja appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week edition published on October 26th by CorporateDispatch ePublishing. The article was written before the media reports of the killing of Islamic's State…

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How will Europe remember Jean-Claude Juncker? – Denise Grech

This article, by Corporate Dispatch correspondent in Brussels Denise Grech appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week edition published on October 26th by CorporateDispatch ePublishing Politicians being moved to tears is a rare sight in uptight Brussels-…

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Decoding a North Korean photo op – Tonio Galea

This article, by corporatedispatch.com editor Tonio Galea appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week edition published on October 26th by CorporateDispatch ePublishing Symbolism has always been part and parcel of politics., both for the local or international audience. It's not…

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The CorporateDispatch.Com Week – 26th October 2019

The Corporate Dispatch.com Week presents views on the week's salient news from around the globe. As expected, a lot of attention of the global news agencies and outlets was paid…

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European disputes come with the territory – Tonio Galea

This article appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week, e-published on October 19th The quest of some in Catalonia, so far in Spain, to gain independence, this week caused more turmoil…

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The UK after Brexit – Matthew Bugeja

This article appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.com Week edition e-published on October 19th. Brexit has become one of those things that most people would rather forget about. Ever since that…

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The CorporateDispatch.com Week – 19th October 2019

Another week passed and the global news cycle was as vibrant as ever. Brexit took centre stage as the negotiations with the EU intensified with the end result being a…

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Brussels ViewPoint – European Commissioners: is it time for a system overhaul? – Denise Grech

The Brussels ViewPoint is written by Corporate Dispatch correspondent in Brussels, Denise Grech and was first published on The CorporateDispatch Week. There have been some who questioned whether the European Parliament’s committees are qualified enough to…

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What does Turkey Want? – Matthew Bugeja

This insight was first published on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week of the 12th October and is written by Ci Consulta GeoPolitics Consultant Matthew Bugeja. Sometimes, when reading about Turkey and its outspoken leader, President Erdogan,…

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The Kurds – The People abandoned to their fate – Tonio Galea

This article appeared first on The Corporate Dispatch Week, 12th October edition and is written by Tonio Galea, CiConsulta Geopolitical Research and editor of www.corporatedispatch.com. This week, the White House announced unexpectedly that U.S. troops are pulling…

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