Geopoliticalmontor.com looks back over a tumultuous 2015 and revisits some past forecasts.

Change must be embraced if the United States is to adapt to the new normal of globalized wealth.

Examining what last week's elections mean for the future of Japan's economy.

Examining a few of the pressing global conflicts that will be making headlines in 2013.

Following the announcement of the US Federal Bank's intention to begin a third round of quantitative easing in mid-September, the global price of gold skyrocketed.

For the Arab Spring it was Twitter; for the summer riots in London it was BlackBerry Messenger. The latest technology is helping to accelerate ‘information cascades’, where people make decisions based on what they see other people doing – and getting away with.

China’s interference in markets to limit its currency appreciation is under increasing fire from US politicians who claim that the policy is costing American jobs. But several recent studies indicate that changing China’s currency policies alone would not necessarily benefit the US economy or its workers.

Globalization’s chickens are coming home to roost on Wall Street.

Since September 17th the grey streets of the financial district in New York have become the centre stage of lively protests objecting social and economic inequality, corporate greed and the growing influence of corporate power in US government.