Already North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un has taken a step forward and a step back in cooperating with the international community. Will his reign mark the beginning of a more diplomatic North Korea or just more of the same?
Investors appear to have lost confidence in diversified cross-border banking models, forcing banks to decide what they do best.
Amid the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of Libya's revolution, strong economic leadership of the country is yet to emerge.
Regulators are making much of macroprudential tools to prevent future bubbles. But regulatory capture remains an obvious risk.
Strengthening the legal framework to manage an international financial failure does not make failures more likely.