Global Food Crisis Demands Support For People, Open Trade, Bigger Local Harvests
Unprecedented humanitarian challenge requires rapid action to ease suffering of those without enough to eat and provide financing to countries in need. Read More Here
Tag: Economy
Pakistan’s Vicious IMF Cycle
Governments come and go, but Pakistan’s economic woes – and its love/hate relationship with the IMF – remain constant. Read More Here
China’s Xi Jinping Back In Public Spotlight
Xi visits an exhibition in Beijing on the country’s achievements during his two terms and the Communist Party announces publication of series of books on president’s signature theme in office as the country prepares for the start of the party’s congress next month. Read More Here
Faces To Watch In China Ahead Of Communist Party Congress
Several new leaders are expected to emerge from next month’s 20th Congress of China’s Communist Party. Some will get promoted, while others will be launching their careers on the big political stage. Read More Here
Core Dangers For The Fed And China
Just as a fixation on core inflation can mislead central banks, as it has done with the US Federal Reserve, the power of a “core leader” like China’s Xi Jinping is a recipe for misdirected and ultimately unsustainable policy regimes. Read More Here
Coups In The Kremlin
Even if Putin’s deputies conclude they want Putin out, removing him from power will be difficult. Moscow has experienced no coup attempts, successful or unsuccessful since the Soviet Union fell. Read More Here
The Lingering Impact Of Pakistan’s Floods
With a third of the country underwater, experts warn of spreading waterborne diseases and food shortages. Read More Here
The Weakness Of Xi Jinping
Does hubris and paranoia threaten China’s future? Read More Here
Pakistan’s Ghosts Loom Over Imran Khan
Khan’s rhetoric resembles that of another former Pakistan Army protege: the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Read More Here
China’s ‘Economic Tsar’ Has Xi’s Full Trust, But Who Can Fill In When He Retires?
Vice-Premier Liu He is Xi Jinping’s right-hand man for economic affairs, but some analysts say any potential replacement might not have as much personal authority as China battles economic challenges. Read More Here
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