Will India’s G-20 Summit Succeed?
New Delhi’s global clout and Modi’s personal brand are riding on the annual meeting, but consensus may prove elusive. Read More Here
Tag: Economy
China’s Population-Control Disaster
The historical evolution of China’s birth-control policies and its failed efforts to maintain them, even in the face of population decline, may hold the key to understanding the government’s decision-making process. By ignoring sound research, Chinese leaders have steered the country into a demographic trap. Read More Here
Historic $650 Billion Liquidity Boost Continues to Benefit the Global Economy
The August 2021 allocation of special drawing rights supported countries amid recovery from the pandemic—and continues to offer benefits. Read More Here
Tharman’s win may hasten Singapore’s PM succession
Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s election as president raises inconvenient questions for the ruling PAP but ultimately helps it. Read More Here
Whose AI Revolution?
Following rapid, profound advances in artificial intelligence, governments around the world are considering how best to regulate the sector, and divergent approaches are already emerging. In the absence of a single universal model, governance of this world-changing technology is sure to be contested. Read More Here
The Return of the Global South
Realism, Not Moralism, Drives a New Critique of Western Power. Read More Here
Can BRICS Derail the Dollar’s Dominance?
The group’s countries share one concern—the growing use of U.S. sanctions to restrict trade and investment globally. Read More Here
China’s Slowdown Isn’t Xi’s Biggest Problem
The Chinese leader could soon find himself staving off two different economic crises. One threatens his hold on power. Read More here
Is Japan-style Deflation Coming to China?
China’s real-estate sector is buckling under the weight of falling prices, a huge and growing inventory of unsold units, and highly indebted developers. Add to that slowing GDP growth and falling inflation, and a prolonged period of stagnation and deflation, triggered by a property-bubble collapse, seems increasingly likely. Read More Here
What Does ‘De-Risking’ Actually Mean?
The buzzword is everywhere, but defining the concept of U.S.-China de-risking isn’t so easy. Read More Here
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