Europe Has Run Out of Time
With Trump’s return, the continent must take charge of Its own security—and quickly. Read More Here
Tag: Economy
Mohammed bin Salman’s Style Shift Sets Up a New World Order Strategy
The Saudi leader has morphed from a cocksure young prince to a more patient and strategic international power broker. Read More Here
Donald Trump returns for a second innings
Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris in a sweeping win to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States and become the country’s oldest elected leader after surviving two assassination attempts and several felony charges. Harris, who became the Democrat candidate after President Joe Biden stepped down from the […]
US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering
China is quickly setting itself up to be ahead in crucial future technologies, leaving the rest of the world struggling, as the Made in China 2025 takes deep roots in an economy seen differently from the outside. Read More Here.
Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa
African countries’ large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction. Western countries must stop exacerbating the continent’s problems and offer debt relief by substituting grants for loans and forcing private lenders to settle sovereign-debt disputes in borrower-country courts. Read More Here
Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal
Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, must reject his predecessor’s recent debt-restructuring deal with bondholders. That agreement would inflict unnecessary pain on Sri Lanka’s population and set a dangerous precedent, undermining other developing economies’ ability to restructure their foreign debts. Read More Here
“Middle-Income Trap” Hinders Progress in 108 Developing Countries
More than 100 countries—including China, India, Brazil, and South Africa—face serious obstacles that could hinder their efforts to become high-income countries in the next few decades, according to a new World Bank study that provides the first comprehensive roadmap to enable developing countries to escape the “middle-income trap.” Read More Here
How the Global South is building a better world, Bric by Bric
If Western countries want to enter the house the Brics nations are building, it would have to be as genuine partners rather than would-be landlords. Read More Here
Europe Has a New Role as U.S. Strategy Shifts to China
The U.S.-European relationship will have several practical benefits for Washington’s rivalry with Beijing. Read More Here
The three women who will shape Europe
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism. Read More Here
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