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China’s Unbeatable New Export

HONG KONG: The Chinese “cannot be allowed to export their way back to prosperity,” argues US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, who claims that China’s economy is the “most unbalanced in history.” Such remarks reflect the growing fear in Washington that China’s overcapacity, subsidies, and dumping are distorting global trade.

The Cost of Capital Is a Public-Health Emergency for Africa

WASHINGTON, DC:  May’s 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) – the annual meeting of the World Health Organization’s member states –

What Europe’s AI Strategy Should Look Like

In the European Union, the share of small enterprises that use at least one AI tool is still below 12%, compared

Von der Leyen’s Moment of Truth

Although she pledged to govern from the center with these parties’ backing, her European People’s Party (EPP) has increasingly relied

How to Solve the Development Crisis With Quality Finance

Major problems such as hunger, disease, economic fragility, climate vulnerability, underfunded education systems, poor infrastructure, and persistent joblessness remain –

NATO’s Trump Dilemma

Trump’s strikes against Iran evoked memories of the post-9/11 interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, when NATO expanded its role beyond

Europe Needs a Green Foreign Policy

China is asserting its economic and technological power across multiple domains. Middle powers are pursuing more flexible, non-aligned diplomacy. The

Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business

Trump immediately signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement, and his administration then canceled funding for clean-energy

Which Iran Will We Get Now?

Pezeshkian’s appointments – including a progressive minister of welfare and labor and a young Chicago-educated economy minister – signaled a

The Middle-East Model for Land Restoration

MENA’s experiences are an ominous portent of what awaits other regions, which will soon find themselves facing many of the