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...
A Postcard from Malaysia
By Dan Steinbock
Not so long ago, Malaysia was set to lose years of economic progress. Today, following the re-imposition of economic discipline, the country...
Darker Clouds over Europe
By Dan Steinbock
Not only is Europe’s expansionary cycle fading, but the region is about to face challenges that it has to tackle amid growing...
Philippine Peso Stability Relies on Duterte’s Infrastructure Success
By Dan Steinbock
Recent concerns about peso’s depreciation have been exaggerated. In the most dangerous international environment since the postwar era, there...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
