From Wall Street to Sofia: ex-prime minister Kiril Petkov on the Eurozone and economy

Ze Silicon Valley až do Tchaj-peje: William Kubik o čipech, americko-čínské válce a budoucnosti AI

Polovodiče dnes rozhodují o ekonomice 21. století. S Williamem Kubikem z J&T Banky se ptáme, jak daleko Čína skutečně je a jestli si Západ udrží náskok.

From Wall Street to Sofia: ex-prime minister Kiril Petkov on the Eurozone and economy

From a US business career to the Prime Minister's office, and now back in business in Sofia — Kiril Petkov has seen Bulgaria's economy from every seat. Six months into the euro, we ask him what the country, and the wider region, is really worth today.

A Conversation with U.S. Ambassador Hill: The Balkans, Europe's Powder Keg?

One of the few American diplomats who lived the Balkans — Tirana, Skopje, Dayton, Belgrade. He was at Dayton, was called "too friendly" to Serbia, and pushes back hard. A contrarian look at Vučić, Kosovo, Bosnia and what the West keeps getting wrong.

Paradox jihovýchodní Evropy: Bohatne a hádá se

Chorvatsko roste přes tři procenta, Slovinsko se vrací do hry, Maďarsku Brusel právě odemkl 16 miliard eur. Ekonomicky region táhne nahoru — jenže mezi sebou se státy pořád hádají, často kvůli věcem starým sto let. Bulharsko blokuje Severní Makedonii, Srbsko a Chorvatsko si nesou účty z devadesátek, Bosna je zaseknutá. Ptáme se: je ta historická zátěž jen folklór, nebo skutečná brzda integrace?

Jonathan Spyer: Who Actually Won the War With Iran?

Hormuz is closed, Brent is at $104, and last week Trump called off a strike on Iran at the last minute — after phone calls from Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi. In Muscat, negotiators are working on a deal hawks are calling a surrender. Bibi is furious. Mojtaba Khamenei has just banned the export of enriched uranium from the country.Jonathan Spyer is one of the handful of analysts who doesn't watch the war from an office — he walks into it. We ask him: a deal this week, or a strike? Why are the Gulf monarchies, of all people, saving the regime they spent thirty years wanting to see fall? And who actually won the three years of war since October 7th?