Destructive Decoupling
Policymakers in both the United States and China seem to have fully accepted, and even embraced, the logic of economic decoupling. But what exactly will decoupling entail, and what will its consequences be? Read More Here
Tag: trade
Reimagining Bangladesh’s economic progress
Bangladesh’s economy has grown at impressive rates in the last decade, but is beginning to show signs of stalling. Recent mass protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government are a direct consequence of fears about a collapsing economy. Read More Here
Cautious Contact on the China-Russia Border
Amid great power competition, life in the China-Russia borderlands reveals the paradoxes underpinning the Beijing-Moscow friendship. Read More Here
China-Russia economic ties tighten in the shadow of war
As Russia faces Western sanctions, China seeks to deepen Sino-Russian economic ties by boosting trade and switching to deal-settlement in their own currencies. Read More Here
Can the West Woo Africa?
In recent years, the West’s lack of engagement with Africa left behind a vacuum that China and Russia eagerly filled. The US and Europe can still repair relations – and, for the first time in a long time, seem determined to try – but only by playing to their strengths. Read More Here
Charting Globalization’s Turn to Slowbalization After Global Financial Crisis
Trade openness increased after the Second World War, but has slowed following the global financial crisis. Read More Here
U.S.-China Rapprochement Will Not Come Quickly
Beijing and Washington continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation than at pursuing avenues for cooperation. 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
A brief history of China-Africa relations
Africa has been crucial to China’s foreign policy since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1947. China supported several African liberation movements during the Cold War, and for every year since 1950 bar one, the foreign minister of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has first visited an African country. 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
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