Brien Desilets

Claret Consulting 2016 Chapbook Brien Desilets

What does the Ukraine Crisis have to do with the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? What does Kuwait have to do with German railways? What about renewable energy and Germany's promotion of austerity policies, or the Chinese economic model and the US's bank bailout program? These topics may seem unrelated at first glance but as you will learn in Claret Consulting's 2016 Chapbook, they are in fact quite related. Peel off the veneer of short-sighted news reporting to understand what is driving current events from an economic, historical and cultural perspective. The trends are global and momentous, unfolding in a series of events over several years or even decades. Brien Desilets brings his astute observations to light in a series of vignettes written over the past two years. Many of the pieces are reactions to current news items or announced policies. They are organized in four sections: Economic and Foreign Policy; US Infrastructure; The New Silk Road; and Russia and Ukraine. The subject of Iran is included in the Silk Road section. The book questions the judgement and capacity of current world leaders to make the right decisions and to manage affairs properly. It unveils the contradictions and irregularities in economic and foreign policies. The book will leave readers with an ability to more critically analyze today's headlines as the topics in the book continue to unfold before us on a daily basis.