David Jessop

London, England – Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating East-West struggle for global influence? Is the region likely to find itself...

London, England – In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency...

London, England — It is not often that well-resourced and politically powerful companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell suffer historic defeats. However, last month, in...

London, England — If the pandemic has demonstrated anything it is that much improved internet connectivity, reliability and security have become unavoidable priorities for the...

London, England — Vaccine inequity has become a matter of deep global concern. The issue, the WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a recent meeting...

London, England — Perhaps the most important aspect of the short statement issued in Washington after a first two-hour meeting last week between the new...

London, England — A few days ago, the Nigerian-American economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to lead the 164 nation Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO)....

London, England – More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated and signed. The free-trade agreement with Europe...

London, England — In the dying days of the Trump Presidency, the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. Regrettably, the measure...

London, England — Very soon, possibly by the time that this column is read, the European Union and Britain will have decided on the nature...

London, England – It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present US-led policy that...

London, England – Intensely national in character, environmental protest is on the rise across the Caribbean. From French Guiana, to Suriname, Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, Belize,...

London, England – This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls. General elections were held in Anguilla, Belize, Jamaica, the...

London, England — In the last few days, Pfizer BioNTech, a German-US company, and the US company, Moderna have separately announced that the COVID-19 vaccines...

London, England – It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the US polls. However, a...

London, England — From Bridgetown’s Carlisle Bay to England’s south west coastal town of Weymouth, cruise ships berthed offshore and out of service have become...

London, England — A few days ago, the US Ambassador in Kingston, Donald Tapia, gave an exclusive interview to the Jamaica Observer. In it he...

London, England — A little earlier this month, the University of the West Indies’ Shridath Ramphal Centre, published a policy paper that called for a...

London, England — In his first address, IDB’s new President said that his appointment would lead to a stronger commitment from the US to support...

London, England — In August, the price of gold reached a record high of US$2,073 per ounce. It did so as investors concerned about the...