The Trans-Pacific Divisions
By Dan Steinbock
The White House’s effort to hammer the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Maui failed. As time is running out for President Obama’s...
Safe Haven: How A Recent United States Supreme Court Decision Stands To Protect Foreign...
By Charles H. Camp and Theresa B. Bowman
The United States Supreme Court in the pre-judgment case of Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746...
Collective Life Capital: The Lost Ground of the Economy
By John McMurtry
In this analysis, the author definitively explains collective life capital as the missing base of the economy under systemic attack by life-blind...
Greek Parliament Passes Debt Agreement, but European Democracy is on its Knees
By Jonathan Hopkin
Almost as soon as the Greek deal was agreed, it began to come apart at the seams. Passage of the necessary legislation...
Civilised Cities: A New Model of Sustainable Urbanisation with Chinese Characteristics
By Bao Zonghao
The title of the civilised city, which is awarded every three years since 2005, has been the highest comprehensive accolade for Chinese...
What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means – and What it Doesn’t
By Scott Lucas
Iran and the 5+1/E3+3 Powers (US, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) have at last completed a comprehensive nuclear agreement after years...
Recasting International Development in a Post-Recessionary World
By Stephen McCloskey and Gerard McCann
Globalisation has been a mixed blessing for international development. Below, Stephen McCloskey and Gerard McCann argue that greater resilience...
Globalization And Systemic Risk
By Ian Goldin and Mike Mariathasan
For most of the world’s growing number of inhabitants, greater connectivity has been a blessing. The world is connected;...
After the Greek Referendum: Into Uncharted Waters
By Dan Steinbock
The triumph of the “no” vote in the Greek referendum was not a mandate for Grexit, but a new starting-point to talks....
Helping Disabled Youth Get Good Jobs
By Aneel Karnani, Kevin McKague, & Meera Shenoy
People with disabilities comprise the world’s largest minority group and they face significant barriers to employment. But...
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...
