The New Age of Global Trade: Aggressive Neo-Mercantilism
International trade, with the U.S. and China at the forefront, is undergoing a paradigmatic shift away from free trade and toward an aggressive form of neo-mercantilism. Read More Here
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The Spectator’s interview with President Trump: full transcript
Edited transcript of Ben Domenech’s exclusive sit-down with Donald Trump — the president’s first magazine interview since his return to the Oval Office. Read Here
What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do
When tariffs are moderate and used to complement a domestic investment agenda, they need not do much harm; they can even be useful. When they are indiscriminate and are not supported by purposeful domestic policies, they do considerable damage – most of it at home. Read More Here
Is China Ready for Donald Trump 2.0?
After a sequence of policy errors, Beijing finds itself in a weakened economic position generally and in an especially poor position to face new tariffs from the incoming Trump administration. Read More Here
Europe Has Run Out of Time
With Trump’s return, the continent must take charge of Its own security—and quickly. Read More Here
Donald Trump returns for a second innings
Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris in a sweeping win to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States and become the country’s oldest elected leader after surviving two assassination attempts and several felony charges. Harris, who became the Democrat candidate after President Joe Biden stepped down from the […]
The Emerging Age of AI Diplomacy
To compete with China, the United States must walk a tightrope in the Gulf. Read More Here
China Faces a Long Road to De-dollarization
Any de-dollarization process must account for the fact that countries and business actors will still issue debt securities, bonds, and other instruments in dollar form to meet their capital needs, both regular and emergency, owing to the volume and liquidity provided by the “flexible capital account” standard of the United States. Read More Here
India’s growing influence means trouble for China’s alliance
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
Asean needs a plan to navigate choppy US-China relations
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
looking beyond borders 