Global investment rises 6% to $1.6 trillion in 2025, but development gains remain uneven
Global investment is rising again. But it’s becoming more concentrated, more selective and less accessible to many developing countries. Read More here
Author: lookingbeyondborders
World has to learn to live through closures
In August Taiwan deliberately slowed down its own mobile internet, and the rest of the year has been busy proving it right. The civil defence exercises of 5 to 14 August throttled bandwidth on purpose in two thirty-minute windows, to test what the island’s communications would feel like under blockade. The defence ministry rehearsed relocating […]
Two key elections could trigger changes or offer more of the same
While the world worries over the Iran war and continued friction over the Strait of Hormuz, it is necessary to keep a close eye on two upcoming elections that would determine the fate of the global economy and regional balance in the Middle East US midterms are on November 3 and Israel votes on October […]
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
The PLA at 99: how China’s military went from ragtag rifles to world-class force
From revolutionary group to hi-tech machine, the PLA’s transformation has been a long pursuit of strength and self-reliance. Read More Here
The New Old Middle East
The Middle East that is emerging out of the current upheaval looks a lot like the one that existed before it. Read More Here
China says key plenum will be held in October
Top leadership body will gather in Beijing, about a month after Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the United States. Read More Here
The Economic War on Iran Is—and Isn’t—Working
Devastating costs have been imposed on the Iranian economy—to unclear strategic ends. Read More Here
China’s Next Play for the South China Sea
How Beijing Is normalising its control. Read More Here
How China Is Winning Friends and Influencing People
Private companies are making Beijing look good in the developing world. Read More Here
