Will the Chinese Rise Destroy Pax Americana in the Middle East?
By Timo Kivimäki
China has started to make its presence felt in the Middle East. Most commentators assume this to lead into the destabilisation of...
Chinese Economy in 2018 and Beyond
By Dan Steinbock
In the coming years, China shall aim at high-quality development, while seeking to forestall financial and international risks.
The recent Central Economic Work...
China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative Promotes China Over US
By Sara Hsu
China’s One Belt One Road initiative is vast and promises to greatly expand China’s soft power in Asia, Europe, and Africa by...
Jerusalem – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back?
By Peter Koenig
When President Trump on 6 December 2017 declared unilaterally Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to where the US Embassy shall relocate,...
Canada-China Trade Amid NAFTA Friction
By Dan Steinbock
As tensions prevail in the NAFTA talks, Canada is hedging its bets by fostering consensus for a trade agreement with China.
On Sunday,...
Uzbekistan – A Voice from Eurasia
By Peter Koenig
Uzbekistan is a peaceful friendly country, smiling faces, many of them struggling to make a living, but still smiling. Uzbekistan is a...
Exaggerated Alarm and Destructive Excursions: Anti-Proliferation Policy and The Case of North Korea
By John Mueller
The consequences of nuclear proliferation have been substantially benign: those who have acquired the weapons have “used” them simply to stoke their...
Brexit – How the British People were Hacked
By Graham Vanbergen
In today’s context, social engineering has now moved on – dramatically. It refers to the manipulation of people into performing actions they wouldn't normally...
What the West Can Learn from the ASEAN Way
By Edgardo Angara
The rise of ASEAN shows how consensus-building, more than the rule of the majority, can help nations overcome religious and racial...
Anatomy of the Global Economy and Its Implications for Protectionism
By Sa’idu Sulaiman
Can protectionism, a major component of mercantilism which was practiced in Europe from 16th to 18th century, be well-suited with the global...
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...
