China continues to expand its influence through the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank. Last fall, China launched the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Britain is the first major Western ally to sign up as a donor/member. This may be the break in the dam (sorry for the infrastructure reference!), as France, Germany, and Italy have now …
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For decades, the World Bank stood alone in terms of size and influence in emerging market around the world— this is no longer the case. The world has changed considerably since the Bank first began to focus its lending and expertise on the developing world some 50 years ago. In the 1960’s, global capital markets …
King Juan Carlos is Spain’s best king since Carlos III of the eighteenth century and one of the most consequential statesmen of the twentieth century. He is overlooked in the United States because Spain’s success is taken for granted and because his life has been chronicled in Spanish. He is far more appreciated in Latin …
Daniel Runde 