The Secret to South Korea’s COVID Success? Combining High Technology with the Human Touch
By Choon Key Chekar, Joshua Moon & Michael Hopkins
According to the recent House of Commons report on the UK’s pandemic response, one of the government’s...
Wages up as Americans are Encouraged Back To Work and Into the Office –...
After a lackluster jobs report in September 2021, the latest news on employment gives Americans plenty of cheer about ahead of the holiday season.
In total, 531,000 jobs were...
Top Startups in Mexico City to Watch in 2022
Mexico City is fast becoming the most active startup hub in the Spanish-speaking world. One of North America's most populous cities with more than...
Connectivity, Connectivity, Connectivity: Has the China-Europe Freight Train Become a Winning Run?
By Xiangming Chen
In “China and Europe: Reconnecting across a New Silk Road” (Xiangming Chen and Julie Mardeusz ’16, The European Financial Review, February/March 2015),...
Pandemic Widens Chasm Between Highly Motivated Workers in Talent-strong Economies and Brain Drain in...
Lausanne, Switzerland 9 December 2021 - Switzerland leads the top 10 economies in the IMD 2021 World Talent Ranking, showing a pandemic-induced trend in...
The Wider Implications of Sudan Coup on National and Regional Security
By Olusegun Akinfenwa
The recent coup in Sudan poses a threat to national and regional security and could tilt the country towards another regime of...
Philippine 2022 Election Amid Elevated US-China Tensions
By Dan Steinbock
Overshadowed by US-Sino friction and xenophobic rhetoric, the 2022 election campaigns are getting ugly. Old elites hope to derail...
How We Should Talk about Racial Disparities
By Natalie Spievack and Cameron Okeke
Many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have emphasized the role of historical and contemporary discrimination in creating and perpetuating disparities...
Outcomes from China’s 6th Plenum – Buyer Beware?
By Andre Wheeler
Much of the commentary around China’s 6th Plenum outcomes has seen Xi Jinping elevated to supreme leader for life, elevating him to a...
Shipping and the Digital Integration Required by China’s Belt Road Initiative
By Andre Wheeler
Beijing’s Digital Silk Road initiative runs contrary to many data sharing platform projects around the world, something shipping will have to...
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...
