Deflation risk stalking China’s economic recovery
China is still on ‘borderline’ of deflation but once the declining price trend takes hold history shows it’s difficult to contain and reverse. Read More Here
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Will China Win the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia’s turn toward China reflects its dissatisfaction with US policy. But while this is hardly the first time the Saudis have employed this approach to political bargaining, familiar does not mean harmless. Read More Here
Xi topping Biden in New Cold War’s economic game
Macron, Musk and Anwar all recently doubled down on their China commitments while Biden’s competing vision is still at best amorphous. Read More Here
America’s Oldest Ally: Having the Croissant and Eating it Too
It has long been national interest, rather than high-minded idealism, that has driven French foreign policy—including its reliance on American military might. Read More Here
Is Transformation Possible in Sri Lanka?
One year after the protests that ousted Sri Lanka’s president and government, reforms remain elusive and the national crisis is far from over. Read More Here
Europe Goes to China, Seeking Recalibration Amid Challenges
French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are the latest European arrivals in Beijing. Their views on China are similar, but not in complete alignment. Read More Here
Destructive Decoupling
Policymakers in both the United States and China seem to have fully accepted, and even embraced, the logic of economic decoupling. But what exactly will decoupling entail, and what will its consequences be? Read More Here
Reimagining Bangladesh’s economic progress
Bangladesh’s economy has grown at impressive rates in the last decade, but is beginning to show signs of stalling. Recent mass protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government are a direct consequence of fears about a collapsing economy. Read More Here
The highly charged geopolitics of lithium
China produces 75% of all lithium-ion batteries used in EVs but Australia controls the world’s largest battery-grade deposits. Read More Here
Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election but the announcement by election officials was likely to lead to a court challenge by the second- and third-highest finishers Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Read More Here
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