Connection Meets Disruption: The China-Europe Freight Train and the War in Ukraine
By Xiangming Chen
The China-Europe Freight Train (CEFT), which inaugurated its run from the megacity of Chongqing in southwestern China to Europe’s largest river port...
The Fed-Induced Recessions
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
After unwarranted trade wars, a pandemic depression, proxy wars, energy and food crises, global...
Brazil 2022: Lula’s Comeback Looms, Unless…
By Dan Steinbock
Not so long ago, Brazil’s BRIC economy soared as working people and the poor were able to join the labor force and...
China Has Waived the Debt of Some African Countries. But it’s Not About Refinancing
By Harry Verhoeven
In mid-August, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs surprised the world with a series of announcements. Wang Yi, Beijing’s most senior diplomat, promised extensive...
Ukraine conflict: how China could follow Russia’s playbook to increase its own powers
By Robert M. Dover
Amid the restructuring of the global order that has been accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the evolving position of China...
It’s getting harder for scientists to collaborate across borders – that’s bad when the...
By Tommy Shih
The United Nations and many researchers have emphasized the critical role international collaborative science plays in solving global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and pandemics....
What China Does Not Know about India
By Chan Kung
Indian authorities said on April 30 that they discovered Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Group had made illegal remittances to foreign entities by...
Want to know why India has been Soft on Russia? Take a Look at...
By Sumit Ganguly
As global democracies lined up to condemn the actions of Russia in Ukraine, one country was less forthcoming in its criticism – and it...
French Election: As Marine Le Pen Makes it to Second Round, the Left-Wing Vote...
By Paul Smith
After the first round of the 2017 presidential election in France, economist Thomas Piketty suggested that while there were four candidates on very close...
China’s Balancing Act on Russian Invasion of Ukraine Explained
By Joseph Torigian
Russia has few friends in the international community following its invasion of Ukraine. But China, which shares a 2,672-mile (4,300-kilometer) border with...
