China’s COVID Situation Is Dire – But It Shouldn’t Pose a Big Risk to...
By Paul Hunter
China is currently in the midst of a severe wave of COVID infections and deaths. We don’t know exactly how bad it...
Toward 2023: Preparing for Tectonic Shifts in the World Economy
By Dan Steinbock
Colossal structural shifts are taking place in the global economy, as evidenced by the huge challenges during the ongoing year....
How China’s Response to Zero-Covid Protests Could Affect Global Business
By Stephen Morgan
The recent protests in China against the country’s zero-COVID policy have been unprecedented in their scale, intensity and distribution. Protestors numbering in...
Western Leaders Are Divided Over the Future of Relations With China
By Stefan Wolff
European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with...
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....
