The globalist ethos embodied by Vice President Harris has wreaked havoc on the American dream for 30 years and counting. Globalists push that dream further out of reach for growing numbers in the name of efficient supply chains, corporate profits, shareholders, foreigners, and the environment. Read More Here
India does not see itself as part of the West, of course, but it does not want to be perceived as anti-Western. This means China will never be able to use BRICS against the West as long as India is a member. Read More Here
The regional grouping is at a crossroads, under pressure from its own citizens to do better amid high anxiety over major power competition. Read More Here
Hezbollah leader’s assassination means militant group could soon face an Israeli invasion without proven leadership. Read More Here
African countries’ large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction. Western countries must stop exacerbating the continent’s problems and offer debt relief by substituting grants for loans and forcing private lenders to settle sovereign-debt disputes in borrower-country courts. Read More Here
Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, must reject his predecessor’s recent debt-restructuring deal with bondholders. That agreement would inflict unnecessary pain on Sri Lanka’s population and set a dangerous precedent, undermining other developing economies’ ability to restructure their foreign debts. Read More Here
More than 100 countries—including China, India, Brazil, and South Africa—face serious obstacles that could hinder their efforts to become high-income countries in the next few decades, according to a new World Bank study that provides the first comprehensive roadmap to enable developing countries to escape the “middle-income trap.” Read More Here
As China, India and others vie to be the Global South’s champion, Southeast Asia’s complexities challenge the one-size-fits-all narrative. Read More Here
China’s ports and ship deployments in India’s backyard raise concerns of control and influence in Indian Ocean as next possible flashpoint. Read More Here
Speculation is rife over whether Peng Liyuan is helping Xi control China’s military. Read More Here
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