This week, the world reeled from a welter of cross currents. Though the “yes” vote on independence lost in the end, the Scottish referendum revealed a passionately dis-United Kingdom. Elsewhere, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India, the other Asian giant, calling for a global economic alliance of the “world’s factory and world’s back office.” On Wall Street, China’s Alibaba launched what is expected to be the biggest market valuation of an IPO ever. Pope Francis, meanwhile, mused that we had already entered “a piecemeal WWIII.”
In an exclusive commentary for The WorldPost, former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
