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...
Can Turkey Grow Faster While Quietly Showing Inflation the Door?
By Oguz Senbayrak
Turkey’s new economic programme offers an attractive bargain, but the electoral calendar may make that carefully balanced bargain considerably more expensive.)
Turkey’s new...
The Yen, US Treasury & the Financial Crisis of Empire
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
What do the collapse of the Japanese currency and carry trade—and the interventions by US Treasury Secretary Bessent in the currency...
Building a More Resilient European Digital Ecosystem
By Eva Kelmendi
Europe’s semiconductor ambitions will depend on securing not only chip supply chains, but also the digital infrastructure and technologies underpinning its future...
The Philippines’ Security Trap
By Dan Steinbock
The recent school shootings are a tip of an iceberg of a vast private-security industry, Filipinos recruited into foreign wars, expanding...
Why Are the Next Wave of Tech Founders Fleeing Mega Cities?
By Paul Dawalibi
Thousands of entrepreneurs are abandoning their cities, and the ecosystems willing to adapt to the reasons why will define the next decade...
Will Dubai’s Property Market Reprice by 2027 as Global Risks Reshape Valuations?
By Dr. Fahim Alshayea
Dubai’s property market may enter a selective repricing phase by 2027 as global risks, financing conditions, supply dynamics and development costs reshape valuations.
Dubai’s...
How Dual Maritime Chokepoint Blockades Threaten the Core of European Manufacturing
By Imran Khalid
Simultaneous disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea threaten European industrial survival by choking essential energy supplies and component...
Trump’s Iran War US Oil Shortage Deception
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Last June 17, 2026 Trump announced the US and Iran had agreed to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) and a ceasefire...
Hormuz Maritime Disruption on EU and Asian Supply Chains
By Yingzhi Zhang and Byron McKinney
The effects of continued maritime disruption in Hormuz have the potential to further impact supply chains and certain industries...
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...
