China-Africa Relations in 2023: Key Moments and Events to Remember
By Lauren Johnston
In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and...
China’s Consumption Recovery Fuels the Rise of the Global South
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Setting aside the international information warfare, China's consumption is strengthening. Global South stands to benefit.
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative Turns 10: Xi Announces 8 New Priorities, Continues Push...
By Lauren Johnston
China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which now includes 44 African countries, got under way 10 years ago. President Xi Jinping launched it in...
Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize Win Is a Victory for Women in Economics − and...
By Veronika Dolar
Economic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasizing the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof, just look...
Three Quarters, Three China Myths
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
During the year, international media has charged China for global inflation, deflation risk and now, economic collapse. Yet, Chinese recovery is...
China Is Switching Away From Its Aggressive ‘Wolf Warrior’ Foreign Policy – Here’s Why
By Tom Harper
As India prepares to host the G20 summit on September 9, there’s one person not readying his plane for the gathering of...
India Has Landed on the Moon: Here’s What the Political and Economic Gains Are
By Christopher Newman
From the early days of human space activity in the 1960s, missions to the Moon have attracted significant global attention. India’s recent...
China’s Africa Strategy Is Shifting From Extraction to Investment – Driven From the Industry-Rich...
By Lauren Johnston
China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource imports, like oil, from Africa. This led...
Toward BRICS Currencies in the Post-dollar Era
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
In the BRICS Summit, a key item in the agenda was the further development of new and complementary reserve cuarrencies...
How Gender Inequality Is Hindering Japan’s Economic Growth
By Sarah Parsons
Japan’s economy is under pressure from rising energy prices and defence costs and the impact of the pandemic. Plummeting birth rates and...
