May 2024
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
How higher US tariffs are helping China’s competitors
American tariffs on imports from China will redirect economic activity toward third-country suppliers considered allies.
June 2023
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Why US industrial policy is better for the poor than Europe’s neoliberalism
The role of the US Inflation Reduction Act as a provider of global public goods that could drive down energy prices and expand developing countries’ energy access has been overlooked.
August 2022
- Opinion
- Globalisation
Is China finally hitting the economic wall?
Globalisation is heading into a perfect storm – and for China in particular it could not be coming at a worse time.
November 2020
- Opinion
- China relations
America needs to re-negotiate its contract with China
Realities have changed since Washington guided China into the world economy. The US is entitled to update the terms.
July 2020
- Opinion
- China relations
China has blown its historic opportunity
In the wake of the pandemic, China could have reshaped the US-led global order by becoming the development bank, central bank and medical supplier to the world.
May 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
China, US and EU: hollow powers in a rudderless world
The three biggest powers are too internally fractured to steer the post-virus world away from conflict.
November 2019
- Opinion
- World elections
Is Sri Lanka the next Argentina?
Sri Lanka was once a star performer in the region but is now struggling. Its economic fate is in the hands of divisive new leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
October 2019
- Opinion
- World politics
Why neither China nor the US will win this fight
In the great power transitions of the past, the new hegemon has been obvious. This time it's very different.