Dubai is Boosting Startups and SMEs – Are You Capitalising?
By Neil Petch
In this article, the author outlines the latest and most exciting entrepreneur-friendly initiatives from the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED), and...
Hindu Nationalism and the Consolidation of Hate Politics in India
By Kalim Siddiqui
When we look back, since the demolition of the Babri Masjid a quarter of century ago, it seems a well-planned and well-thought...
How China’s Simultaneous Carrots and Sticks Work in Southeast Asia
By Huong Le Thu
China’s applies simultaneously dual tactics of coercion and inducement to assert its position regionally and globally. Demonstrations in Vietnam and the...
How US Trade War Is Spreading from Goods to Services
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Trump tariff wars are entering a new, far more dangerous phase. As the White House is expanding its tariff wars, collateral...
Trading the Global Future
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
PART I: Bad Timing
(This is the first of a three-part series.)
In this commentary, Dr Dan Steinbock argues that Trump's tariff...
Will Trump’s Trade War Precipitate a Currency War?
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
(3rd in a series on Trump Trade policy)
Last week, mid-July, Trump threatened $500 billion in tariffs on China imports, escalating his prior...
Boosting the Philippine Economy through Sustainable Tourism
By Fernando Martin Roxas, John Paolo Rivera, and Eylla Laire Gutierrez
Sustainability has become a concern in the travel and tourism industry. Stakeholders need to fully...
Tourism: the Philippines’ Next Growth Engine
By Bernardo Villegas and Maria Cherry Lyn Rodolfo
Home to some of the world’s finest tourist destinations, the Philippines can indeed achieve significant economic headway...
Ease of Doing Business Act – the key to the Philippines’ Economic Comeback?
The Philippines has been vying for the ease of doing business act to be signed, and when it was on May 28, economists and...
Singapore’s Governance, Prosperity, and Future Challenges
By Ian Austin
The Singapore government post-GFC has moved to “anchor” in selected sectors and the peak MNEs within these designs for long-term national economic...
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...
