Things are looking worse than ever in Zimbabwe, as the increasingly isolated President Robert Mugabe defied international pressure and outright condemnation to proceed with a “one-candidate poll” in the runoff election for the presidency on Friday – leaving not only the beleaguered public, but also foreign and domestic businesses, between a rock and a hard [...]

Analysts praising Russia’s strong performance “ignore the fact that Russia’s inflation demons are rearing their ugly heads and showing every sign of getting worse.” Oligarchs Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, previously joint owners of Norilsk Nickel, are parting ways in a saga being dubbed as “the divorce of the century”. The Russian entrepreneur Alexander Mamut [...]

This blog will be dedicated to discussing the emerging theme of corporate foreign policy – the relationships between businesses and government that have become increasingly important in recent years.