South Africa will likely miss its recently adjusted budget targets as the country’s escalating COVID-19 outbreak delays much-needed austerity measures, leaving its economy in shambles for at least another five years.
As donor countries grapple with their own crises, reductions in multilateral aid are impacting the COVID-19 fight in conflict zones such as Yemen.
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, even a moderate increase in migrant arrivals this summer will risk further destabilizing EU governments and their pandemic-ravaged economies.
With no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic, international institutions and private forecasters alike are now projecting huge cumulative losses and a prolonged, uneven economic recovery.
Cairo's continued failure to ensure Ethiopia's giant new dam on the Nile doesn't jeopardize its primary source of water highlights Egypt's waning influence over upstream countries.
