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6 days ago | 
townhall.com | Duggan Flanakin
According to a new report from NGO Monitor, a narrowly controlled group of NGOs exerts outsize influence on the activities of Western companies in Africa and the resulting dominance of China and Russia in critical mineral markets posing great risk to global supply chains and Western security interests.
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1 week ago | 
globaltrademag.com | Duggan Flanakin
Routine transactions between suppliers and retailers are often the product of carefully negotiated agreements that address shifting margins based on sales, returns, and other factors, including disparate tariffs from one country—or one product—to another.
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2 weeks ago | 
townhall.com | Duggan Flanakin
Four years ago, when Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was Defense Minister under then-President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Indonesia created its first state-run investment fund, the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). President Jokowi directed the INA to invest in priority sectors – transportation, logistics, healthcare, green energy, and the digital economy.
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3 weeks ago | 
papundits.wordpress.com | Duggan Flanakin
By Duggan Flanakin ~The ongoing political seesaw that has severely impacted the U.S. seafood industry has Samoan and Hawaiian fisheries and Maine lobstermen cheering President Trump and environmental groups again gnashing their teeth.
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3 weeks ago | 
cfact.org | Duggan Flanakin
The ongoing political seesaw that has severely impacted the U.S. seafood industry has Samoan and Hawaiian fisheries and Maine lobstermen cheering President Trump and environmental groups again gnashing their teeth. Samoan tuna ends up in cans, while Hawaiians supply fresh tuna and swordfish to much of America.
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3 weeks ago | 
cfact.org | Duggan Flanakin
Since the demise of strongman Saddam Hussein, it is fair to say that Iraq’s judicial system has undergone significant changes. At first, says a new report from the Iraq Watch Group of the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics (LSE), the reforms appeared to create a more independent judiciary. However, the truth quickly emerged that it has instead become increasingly centralized and politicized.
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3 weeks ago | 
qoshe.com | Duggan Flanakin
Since the demise of strongman Saddam Hussein, it is fair to say that Iraq’s judicial system has undergone significant changes. At first, says a new report from the Iraq Watch Group of the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics (LSE), the reforms appeared to create a more independent judiciary. However, the truth quickly emerged that it has instead become increasingly centralized and politicized.
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3 weeks ago | 
weeklyblitz.net | Duggan Flanakin
Since the demise of strongman Saddam Hussein, it is fair to say that Iraq’s judicial system has undergone significant changes. At first, says a new report from the Iraq Watch Group of the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics (LSE), the reforms appeared to create a more independent judiciary. However, the truth quickly emerged that it has instead become increasingly centralized and politicized.
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4 weeks ago | 
calbizjournal.com | Duggan Flanakin
From the days when the future King David played the harp to soothe the tortured soul of King Saul (and likely long before then), live music has played an important role in human society. In the modern world, the music explosion in the 1960s both stirred emotions and brought solace to Western societies tired of endless wars and looking for some relief.
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4 weeks ago | 
newsmax.com | Duggan Flanakin
Businesses Could Learn from the Rocky Mountain State
Colorado’s Boulder corridor has quietly emerged in 2025 as a thriving hub for life sciences, driven by a unique combination of intellectual capital, venture funding, and cutting-edge infrastructure.
This growth is no accident.
It is in fact the result of deliberate investments and strategic partnerships that have positioned the region as a magnet for top talent and innovative companies.
