Global foreign direct investment rose 6% to $1.6 trillion in 2025, ending two years of decline. The recovery remains fragile and uneven: inflows to developed economies rose 11%, while developing economies recorded only 2% growth, reaching $901 billion. Much of the increase reflected a small number of megaprojects, especially in AI-related digital infrastructure. The world’s […]
The current US administration’s openly corrupt style of crony capitalism is the antithesis of the institutional foundation on which the US economy was built. Read More Here
Xi Jinping makes a case for China’s ruling party as a force for global progress and prosperity, signalling his ambition for the country to lead global affairs.
An overall resilient world economy masks significant differences among countries and regions. Energy importers and countries with limited policy space are most vulnerable. Read More Here
Around the world, the line between economic policy and national security is disappearing. Read More Here
The world is distracted. The war in the Middle East has fractured supply chains, unsettled oil markets, and redirected the gaze of policymakers and investors toward the Gulf and beyond. Yet while global attention fixates on conflict, a quieter, more consequential story is unfolding across 54 nations and 1.4 billion people. Africa — long mischaracterized […]
When the Air Force One lifted off from Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 15, 2026, the question hanging over the departure was the same one that has followed every US-China summit in the post-engagement era: what, concretely, was achieved? The answers, delivered since, have turned out to be familiar — a […]
Chinese and US leaders are likely to focus on stability and achievable outcomes rather than breakthroughs when they meet in Beijing. Read More Here
When the leaders of China and the United States speak or meet, the world pays attention. Read More Here
