Ideas, Policies, and Power: A Political Economy Perspective on Development in the Global South
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This paper examines economic development in the Global South through a political economy lens, tracing the shift from postwar state-led industrialization...
Rare Earth Critical Minerals: Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and Emerging Tensions
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Critical raw materials (CRMs) such as lithium, cobalt, rare-earth elements, and copper are central to the green and digital transitions. Dr...
International Financial Institutions and Western Hegemony: Debt, Austerity, and the Exploitation of the Global...
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
International financial institutions—namely the IMF and the World Bank—serve as instruments of Western financial dominance. Through the enforcement of Structural Adjustment...
Geopolitics and the Persistence of Global Uneven Development: A Critical Analysis
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Geopolitics continues to shape patterns of global inequality, reinforcing structural imbalances across nations and regions. Dr. Kalim Siddiqui explores how imperialism,...
Donald Trump’s Tariffs: A Prelude to Global Trade Wars?
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Dr. Kalim Siddiqui analyzes Donald Trump’s aggressive trade strategies, exploring how the US’s tariff policies are contributing to an emerging global...
Understanding the Rise of High Technology in China
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
China has recently showed the world its DeepSeek technology that performs better than the U.S. AI Chat GPT and did so...
The Decline of the West and Shifting Dynamics in the Global Political Economy
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
By the end of the Second World War, the limitations of free-market and non-interventionist economic policies had become apparent. In...
Impact of Population Changes and Economic Growth in China and India
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
Introduction
China’s population peaked in 2022, earlier than expected. According to UN projections from 1999, China's population was expected to reach 1.5...
Deepening Economic Crisis in Advanced Capitalism
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
In spite of the fundamental role that it has played in world history from the colonial period onwards, Kalim Siddiqui argues...
China’s Trade and Growing Economic Influence with East Asia
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
China is emerging as a trade and economic powerhouse, overtaking the West and drawing support from Southeast Asia. Dr Kalim Siddiqui...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
