Iran moves to deepen infrastructure links with trading partners
Seeking to carve out a niche in regional transit networks, Iran’s transport minister held meetings...
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Frontier Markets Weekly, April 15th 2023
Botswana plays hardball | Japan proposes Bangladesh hub | Iran's infrastructure play | Ecuador looks for $1b credit line
Malaysia pursues Asian Monetary Fund
Malaysia is courting China to help create an Asian Monetary Fund that would rival the IMF and reduce...
Frontier Markets Weekly, April 9th 2023
Tunisia rejects IMF ‘diktat’ | Journalists under fire in Sahel | Saudi diplomatic blitz continues | Brazil inks deal on yuan
Fears grow of a Russian pincer from Belarus and Moldova
After Russia’s failure to make headway in its war on Ukraine, recent developments in neighboring Belarus and Moldova suggest Russian premier...
Iraq to settle bilateral trade with China in yuan to defend the dinar
Iraq’s central bank announced on Wednesday that it would settle purchases of Chinese imports directly in...
Politics weighs on growth as Peruvian protests halt key sectors
Political upheaval in Peru is battering industries that have long powered one of Latin America’s fastest-growing economies....
Romania outpaces struggling neighbors on regional reshoring, stable EU relations
Romania is quietly outpacing the economies of stagnating neighbors as Bucharest benefits from reshoring, EU funding and...
Azerbaijan tests Russia’s resolve in the Caucasus, highlighting Moscow’s waning influence on its periphery
Azerbaijan is blocking Armenian access to its contested Nagorno-Karabakh enclave and testing Russia’s resolve in the process,...
Gulf nations warm to Emerging Asia as Western alliances weaken
Saudi-China summit highlights Asia's increased trade, energy, and security importance to traditionally Western-aligned countries across the Middle East
Biden stacks up commitments to Africa at DC summit
At the second US-Africa leadership summit in Washington DC this week, President Joe Biden promised...
Frontier Markets Weekly, October 30th 2022
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