The Strange War with WHO’s Battle Against COVID-19
Countries outside China have not sent adequate case reports to WHO in time, while media has suffered an ‘infodemic.’ Instead of battling COVID-19, WHO...
How Failed Int’l Cooperation Amplifies Virus Damage
By Dan Steinbock
As the downgrades of the economic outlook for US, China and worldwide are about to begin, the virus outbreak may be...
China’s Pioneering Effort to Contain Virus Outbreak Economic and Human Costs of the New...
By Dan Steinbock
Chinese government has used strong measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. The human costs and economic impact...
The Story of Trump’s Perilous Iran Escalation
By Dan Steinbock
The Trump assassination of major general Qasem Soleimani reflects regime change efforts - withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, new...
Philippine Water Crisis in International Perspective
By Dan Steinbock
By international comparison, the Philippines should not necessarily suffer from major water crises. So why has Metro Manila turned into a Cape...
Toward Japan’s Economic End-Game
By Dan Steinbock
As the spotlight has been on Japan's new Emperor Naruhito, the economy is coping with half a decade of Abenomics, monetary injections, huge...
The Uhuru blueprint: What if PH had stayed in ICC?
By Dan Steinbock
Recently, the Philippines withdrew from the ICC opting for the path of US and Russia, China and India. To focus on a...
Development Should Guide US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty Review
By Dan Steinbock
In times of great uncertainty, strategic ambiguity offers little clarity. The review of the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty should be...
The Shift of the Philippine Peso Regime
By Dan Steinbock
In the Aquino era, the focus was on financial flows, which rested on a strong peso. In the Duterte era, it is...
The Looming UK Brexit Mess
By Dan Steinbock
After the misguided referendum three years ago, the Brexit end-game is about to begin. In the UK, it means political division and...
