Why The World Feels Different In 2023
From climate negotiations to sports to diplomacy, the global south is becoming more powerful. Read More Here
Tag: Policy
How China’s Zero-Covid Policy Has Pushed People, Economy To The Brink
Support and acceptance – seen in the early days of China’s attempts to control the spread of Covid-19 – have given way to mounting fear, confusion and a sense of hopelessness among many citizens, but a rapid reopening and shift away from the stringent policy threatens to put China’s medical system at high risk of […]
Ageing Is The Real Population Bomb
The most formidable demographic challenge facing the world is no longer rapid population growth, but population ageing. Thoughtful preparedness—combining behavioural changes, investment in human capital and infrastructure, policy and institutional reforms, and technological innovations—can enable countries to meet the challenge and take advantage of the opportunities presented by demographic change. Read More Here
Africa’s Past Is Not Its Future
Today, Africa still exists at the margins of the global order, largely excluded from international institutions and treated as a basket case to be fixed. Read More Here
The 20th Communist Party Congress Set To Redefine China, World
At some point later this month a parade in Beijing of men in dark suits would indicate the direction China and the world are headed to when at the end of its 20th Congress the Communist Party will showcase the key members of its powerful standing committee who will lead the world’s second-biggest economy for […]
West Needs To Listen More Closely To Putin
It is crucial for Western policymakers to understand what Putin’s mass mobilization speech meant and what it didn’t. Read More Here
From Great Moderation To Great Stagflation
For decades, relative global stability, sound economic-policy management, and the steady expansion of trade to and from emerging markets combined to keep costs down. But now all these conditions have been overturned, and the world is settling into a dangerous and destabilizing new regime. Read More Here
Stagflation Risk Rises Amid Sharp Slowdown In Growth – World Bank
Global growth is expected to slump from 5.7 percent in 2021 to 2.9 percent in 2022— significantly lower than 4.1 percent that was anticipated in January. It is expected to hover around that pace over 2023-24, as the war in Ukraine disrupts activity, investment, and trade in the near term, pent-up demand fades, and fiscal […]
No Magic Bullet: The Difficulties Of Reforming Big Tech
New legislation in Europe carves out a bold new path in tech policy, but it creates the impression this path is cost-free. It is not. Read More Here
What To Expect In Biden’s First 100 Days In Foreign Policy
During his first 100 days in office, U.S. President Donald Trump issued sweeping executive orders aimed at reversing and dismantling key elements of former President Barack Obama’s legacy and pushing an “America First” platform that upset decades of bipartisan consensus on foreign policy. Now, the reversal of Trump’s reversals is coming… Read Here | Foreign […]
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