Is He Lifeng China’s next economic tsar?
Signs are increasingly suggesting that the current chairman of China’s top economic planner will be named vice-premier next month. Read More Here
Tag: Economy
The Energy Transition Confronts Reality
Given the scale and complexity of the transition away from hydrocarbons, some worry that economic analysis has been given short shrift in the policy planning process. A clear-eyed assessment of the transition’s prospects requires a deeper understanding of at least four major challenges. Read More Here
The Black Hole of National Security
After decades of disuse, costly “national security” trade restrictions have proliferated, aided largely by a troublesome loophole in global trade rules. Read More Here
WTO Says Be Careful On ‘Friend-Shoring’
Trade blocs seeking to skirt geopolitical risk by “friend-shoring” activities to like-minded countries should be careful which commerce partners they favour. Read More Here
The 6 Horsemen of the Apocalypse for China
The struggles of 2022 highlighted six crises China will have to face now and into the future. Read More Here
Reason To hope for a China-Australia reset
PM Albanese calls for ‘more positive’ relations while Chinese state media reciprocates by softening its anti-Australia tone. Read More Here
The Arab World at an Inflection Point
The region’s leaderships are making a set of strategic choices as consequential as the ones their predecessors made earlier, and it has an opportunity to make much better strategic choices than it made in the past, and there are signs it is beginning to do so—but not in every case. Read More Here
How Russia’s New Commander in Ukraine Could Change the War
Why has Vladimir Putin promoted Valery Gerasimov, who helped plan the disastrous initial invasion last year, to lead the fight? Read More Here
China’s Population Marks First Decline In 60 Years
Mainland China’s overall population fell in 2022, illustrating how widespread shifts to pro-natalist policies are not producing the desired results. Read More Here
Why The World Feels Different In 2023
From climate negotiations to sports to diplomacy, the global south is becoming more powerful. Read More Here
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