Time for Reset and Realism in the South China Sea
By Dan Steinbock
After the South China Sea arbitration ruling, uncertainty and friction may increase in the region. However, the economic promise of China’s rise...
Reflections on the Post-Aquino Philippine-China Relations: Taking into Account the Realities of Geopolitics
By Renato Cruz De Castro
This article examines how the Philippines challenged China’s expansive maritime claim in the South China Sea during President Aquino’s term...
Xenophobia in the UK
by Julian Vigo
Racism and xenophobia cannot be spun into class solidarity, nor can they be forgotten away as if some new class spirit will...
The Philippine National Election 2016: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
By Pauline Eadie
Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in May 2016. Arguably Duterte’s electoral success was down to his straight talking approach...
Post-Brexit Africa
By Dan Steinbock
Whatever its final impact, in the short-term the UK’s EU referendum will increase global economic uncertainty, market volatility and economic risk. In...
Brexit Adds to Global Uncertainty
Dan Steinbock discussed that UK referendum will foster substantial economic uncertainty, market volatility and political risk, which could lead London and Brussels back to...
Blame Austerity – Not Immigration – For Taking Britain To ‘Breaking Point’
By David Spencer
Immigration is at the heart of the Brexit debate and is quite polarised. On one side, the Remain campaign either ducks the...
Philippines 2016: Navigating Between the US and China
By Dan Steinbock
In the past six years, Washington and Manila have been cementing a military alliance, which is reassuring to many Filipinos but leaves...
Britain votes to leave the EU, here’s what happens next
By Gavin Barrett
The UK would be the first state to leave the EU but it is most likely that the European Commission, the executive...
Asia Won’t Be Spared from the Brexit Waves
By Dan Steinbock
Amid secular stagnation, Europe’s challenges have increased dramatically in the past few years, while new risks – particularly Brexit – have...
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...
