Rod King (1949-2019)

The world's grain supply is shrinking.  There used to be a three-month reserve but this has dropped to a critical eight week supply.  The price of rice, which is the staple grain for most Asians and many Africans, has been climbing higher, leaving millions of people facing the specter of famine.

The G20 Summit held in London recently was an opportunity for the new players on the world scene to change the global financial landscape. Countries that do not subscribe to the United States' and Great Britain's free-wheeling economic model want to increase banking regulations and replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Not since the days of the Suez Crisis of 1956 have the ties that bind the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain been so strained.  Why? The reason is simple.  There is a new man in the White House.

The world’s grain supply is shrinking.  There used to be a reliable three-month reserve, but in recent years this vital reserve has dropped to as little as an eight-week supply.  The price of rice, which is the staple grain for most Asians and many Africans, has been climbing higher, leaving millions of people facing the specter of famine.

The third week of September 2008 may well prove to have been the axis of the shift from an American/Anglo centre of world financial influence to one centred on the sovereign funds of the Middle East and China. New powers are rising around the world. A resurgent Russia and a dynamic India are vying with Europe and China for their "place in the sun."