Protecting trade is protecting yourself
Digital trade documentation can upgrade the physical infrastructure for trade and payments, improve monitoring and security, and also ensure that the trade, finance and logistics…
Andrew Sheng
Mega-system disaster on the cards in 2024
2023 will be remembered as a tipping point year when almost all mega-trends of finance, technology, trade, geopolitics, war and climate heating showed signs of acceleration in…
COP28: Parallel worlds joined at the hip
The real existential threat facing the world is not conflict, but how climate heating is accelerating human extinction.
Has the West lost the Rest?
The writer says the real geopolitical question is whether the US is willing to lose the opinion and support of the free world, perhaps the Rest, in its staunch support of Israel.
Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?
Since climate disasters affect the poor the most, which exacerbates social injustice, we need to address how to raise incomes to alleviate social inequality, says the writer.
How to correct global imbalances?
Big Power rivalry and disruptive technology threaten to push the social inequity imbalance further beyond fragility.
The global game of ChessGo
So what is the game of ChessGo all about? Basically, on the global chessboard, can the West (NATO and allies) contain the rise of its perceived “existential rivals,” namely,…
Is the falling yen a cause for concern?
The yen is down to 137 to the dollar, the lowest for 20 years, 16 percent lower than the beginning of the year. Three possible reasons are given for this decline.
Evergrande saga: No institution should be too big to fail
When news of Evergrande Group’s difficulties surfaced earlier in the year, analysts suggested that such a default would be China’s Lehman moment.
