Rethinking FDI: Can Europe Compete as the US Attracts a Record Share of Global...
By Julia Khandoshko
Fresh statistics show an interesting trend: new FDI projects in the US increased to 14.3% in 2024, reaching the record. Meanwhile, major...
Aid in Decline: Rethinking Overseas Development Assistance in a Changing World
By Christopher Burke
Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) has long been a cornerstone of international cooperation aimed at reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and fostering sustainable development...
Why Western Incumbents Will Fall Again This Year
By Nick Redman
A Covid hangover combined with more persistent economy-sapping problems are likely to see governments in the West losing power in elections across...
Europe Urges Collective Action as Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor
Trump signals major shifts in Russia-Ukraine strategy. Can the new approach end the war and what is the price...
Trends and Prospects of De-Dollarization in the Rapidly Changing Global Economy (Part One)
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
The rise of the US dollar to become the globally preferred currency for trade and financial transactions was a carefully orchestrated game...
The Imminent Consequences of Trump’s Executive Orders
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Half a decade ago, I warned that the Trump administration’s weaponization of executive orders would result in lethal geopolitics, tariff/tech...
Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression and Deportations
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
The first Trump administration reversed decades of US policies regarding Palestinians. The new one shuns genocidal atrocities. It prefers...
Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Trump’s proposals to radically transform much of US economic and social policy are being rapidly rolled out during the first week...
How International Aid Fails and Succeeds — Why Some Programmes Work and Others Don’t
By Zhenglin (Alex) Li
International aid refers to assistance provided by one or multiple countries or organisations to another country, often with no expectation of...
Domesticating the International: Reflections on a Hypothetical Philippine Indigenization of IR for the World
By John Louis B. Benito, LPT, MA
The modern Filipino, through his or her utilization of advance technology, are more aware of what is happening...
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...
