30

Aug

CorporateDispatchPRO – Edition 9

The CorporateDispatch PRO eJournal bringing you news, views and insights from Malta, Europe and around the world. This edition focuses on re-skilling amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. It also covers the…

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19

Jul

China can turn the other cheek, for now

by Gina Chon via Reuters Breakingviews   Turning the other cheek takes fortitude, but that’s what China could do in response to the U.S. government’s latest actions. It slapped sanctions…

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19

Jul

CiNext – Hacking at the global order

by Tonio Galea A fire that broke out recently at an important Iran nuclear plant is risking spreading into a major hacking conflict. Some Iranian foreign officials were quick to…

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25

Jun

World health-check halfway through 2020

by Tonio Galea   A quick glance at the current situation in the world gives a rather grim picture of the global civilization. The coronavirus is still claiming lives, young…

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10

May

Burying the hatchet in times of coronavirus

by Tonio Galea - Editor CorporateDispatch.com Almost four months since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, the world is still getting to grips with a pandemic that has overturned every…

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14

Apr

A myriad of lessons from COVID19

by Matthew Bugeja This is an ambitious exercise. One which will take a while to complete. But I am committed to providing different items which could serve as interesting discussion…

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29

Mar

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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05

Mar

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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25

Feb

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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25

Feb

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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18

Feb

Leaderless Germany needs to step up

This article by Matthew Bugeja was first published on this week's edition of Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's eJournal. This is one of those stories that a lot of people are not…

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18

Feb

An Eire dream coming true?

This article by Tonio Galea was first published on this week's edition of Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's journal. One can say that, with the end of the Cold War it wasn't…

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18

Feb

Pope introduces one year missionary experience to all new Vatican diplomats

Pope Francis has introduced a year of missionary experience into the curriculum of those preparing to enter service in the Holy See's diplomatic corps. The Pope had foreseen this change…

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16

Feb

Diplomatique.Expert – Edition 22

In this week's edition we read on how will Germany's political woes impact geopolitical developments. We try answer whether coalition governments good or not. We also analyse the 21st century…

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16

Feb

Europe needs to develop an appetite for power – Borrell

The governments of the European Union states need to be willing to intervene in international crises or risk prolonging paralysis in their foreign policy, the EU's top diplomat said on…

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10

Feb

Diplomatique.Expert Edition 21

Pete Buttigieg's Iowa results, the post-Brexit negotiations, Huawei's role in UK and Europe and the lone-wolf terror attacks in this week's edition of the Corporate Dispatch's geopolitical insight publication -…

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28

Jan

CiConsulta Insight – Davos is Davos

Anyone who carries some weight in the way things move in the world, be it political, military or financial, this week was holed up in Davos. Everyone who mattered was…

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23

Jan

UN chief outlines solutions to defeat main threats to world’s global future

  The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology,…

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07

Jan

What’s next after the UK elections?

On the 12th of December, 2019, the United Kingdom electorate were asked to vote for a new government. Most observers expected Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party to win the…

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31

Dec

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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31

Dec

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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31

Dec

CiConsulta Geopolitics 2020 Forecasts – China will become even more assertive

What does it take to become a superpower? We don’t have enough time (or space in this article) to get into that in detail, but in short it takes three…

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31

Dec

CiConsulta GeoPolitics 2020 Forecasts – Trump will lose his reelection bid

This is a big call, and one that I will not be fully confident in until we are certain of who Trump will be facing from the Democratic Party, which…

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31

Dec

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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29

Dec

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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22

Dec

Was Trump’s impeachment a good or bad idea?

Donald Trump was officially impeached by the House of Representatives, more or less along partisan lines, in the past few days. It did not come as a shock to most,…

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22

Dec

Analysis – Romania’s unfinished revolution

It was December 21 1989, and the wave of change that had swept across communist eastern Europe was crashing through Romania, where Nicolae Ceausescu had held an iron grip for…

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22

Dec

Analysing the Turkish interest in Libya

It should never have been far from the headlines, since the suffering of the Libyan people has never really subsided following the collapse of the regime of Muammar Ghaddafi. Some…

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14

Dec

Libya has not yet requested Turkey to send troops – Foreign Minister Cavusoglu

Turkey will resolutely continue defending its legitimate rights and interests in the Eastern Mediterranean, said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Saturday. Cavusoglu met UN-recognized Libya's Government of National Accord head…

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14

Dec

The challenges facing the euro

There has been a change in the guard in Europe. With very little in the way of fanfare, Christine Lagarde replaced Mario Draghi as the head of the European Central…

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10

Dec

EU’s top diplomat urges bloc to step up and become real geopolitical player

The EU's new top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has urged the bloc to step up and be a real geopolitical player or risk Europe becoming just a playground for other big…

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10

Dec

Russia and Ukraine to exchange prisoners from east Ukraine conflict

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine agreed on Tuesday to exchange all remaining prisoners from the conflict in east Ukraine by the end of the year, but left thorny questions…

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24

Nov

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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22

Nov

GeoPolitical Insight – Israel in dire (political) straits – Matthew Bugeja

Benjamin Netanyahu has been at the forefront of Israeli politics for close to a decade, having won his first term as Prime Minister in 2009. A well-spoken, if considerably strongman…

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17

Nov

The world in protest

  This article by Tonio Galea appeared for the first time on Corporate Dispatch weekly geopolitical insights journal 'Diplomatique.Expert' published on November 16th 2019.  From Bolivia to Lebanon to Ethiopia,…

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16

Nov

The Corporate Dispatch Week & Diplomatique.Expert Journal – 16th November 2019

The US Presidential Campaign elections' star of the week was Pete Buttigieg. His ascent the top of the Iowa polls were given a lot of importance. Given its role as the first state to…

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10

Nov

The Fall of The Wall – 30 years later: understanding the meaning of freedom, then, today and tomorrow

For many of you here, the Berlin wall simply brings to mind the extreme measures communist rule went to, to define its own boundaries and to exert control on freedom…

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10

Nov

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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10

Nov

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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10

Nov

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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03

Nov

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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03

Nov

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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03

Nov

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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27

Oct

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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27

Oct

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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26

Oct

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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20

Oct

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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13

Oct

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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13

Oct

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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13

Oct

With Brexit seems to be set, will we see a Deal or No Deal ?

The European Union agreed on Friday to enter intense talks with Britain to try to break the deadlock over Brexit, lifting financial markets with a sign that a deal could…

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12

Oct

The CorporateDispatch Week – 12th October 2019

This week the geopolitical scenario took a very particular twist where understanding what happened and how it evolved is paramount to see where this might go. In this week's edition…

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06

Oct

China at 70 – Tonio Galea

This article appeared first on The CorporateDispatch.Com Week on 5th October 2019 China this week commemorated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. A celebration…

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06

Oct

The Week That Was – Jesmond Saliba

This article appeared first on The Corporate Dispatch Week (5th October 2019). In the latest development related to the revelations about the pressure by US President Trump on Ukraine, the…

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29

Sep

Globalism & climate change makes its mark at UN General Assembly – Matthew Bugeja

This article appeared first in The Corporate Dispatch Week  New Yorkers are a tough crowd. If you ask them, they will say that nothing scares them - at least, not until the…

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29

Sep

Message in a missile – Tonio Galea

The article was first published on The CorporateDispatch Week. On September 14, the tension in the Persian Gulf reached alarming levels with an attack on two important oil facilities in…

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22

Sep

The ever-increasing role of drones in modern warfare – Tonio Galea

The recent developments in the Persian Gulf have once more caused widespread repercussions in the world. Among the various aspects that these brought to the world’s attention is the ever-increasing…

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14

Sep

A new EU Commission – but a new dawn? – Matthew Bugeja

The formation of the new European Commission seems to be coming together. Incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has put together quite a good team of quality politicians with…

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