The Missed RCEP Opportunities in the Philippines
By Dan Steinbock
President Duterte initiated the RCEP deal in September 2021....
Ukraine War One Year After: Revisiting My January 2022 Article ’10 Reasons Why the...
By Jack Rasmus
This past year marks the one year anniversary of the start of the US/NATO-Russia war in Ukraine. In January 2022 I wrote...
Militarization Could Erode the Economic Futures of PH and ASEAN
By Dan Steinbock
The Marcos Jr. government is no longer a bystander between the US and China. The risk is that it is sleepwalking into...
What Will 2023 Hold for Banking and Fintech? Fantasy Valuations End, Banks Go Shopping...
By Alessandro Hatami
2023 is underway, and as is becoming the norm, uncertainty is the dominant theme. One question is whether this year could be...
The Unwarranted Ukraine Proxy War: A Year Later
By Dr Dan Steinbock
To Russia and Ukraine, the crisis is an existential issue. To the US and NATO, it's a regime-change game. To Europe,...
2023 in a Global Perspective: What to Pay Attention to in the Year Ahead
By Emil Bjerg
Collins Dictionary recently coined ‘permacrisis’ as the word of the year, a word that the dictionary defines as “an extended period of...
Toward 2023: Preparing for Tectonic Shifts in the World Economy
By Dan Steinbock
Colossal structural shifts are taking place in the global economy, as...
Equidem Report Fingers Qatar, not European Contractors
By Duggan Flanakin
On November 10, 2022, less than two weeks before the start of the Qatar World Cup, a London-based organization, Equidem, released a...
Overcoming Instability: TotalEnergies Maintains Link with Local Communities in Mozambique
Residents of Mocímboa da Praia, a strategic seaport in the Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique, recently received 20 rehabilitated boreholes and 4 new...
Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Portraits a Bright Future
The 2022 China-Japan University Science and Technology Innovation Forum (formerly the China-Japan University Exhibition and President's Forum) was successfully held.
To mark the 50th anniversary...
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...
