Biden doubles down on emerging markets as Xi snubs G20
US President Joe Biden arrives at this weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) meeting in India with an offer for the “Global South”: whatever happens to China’s economy, the United States…
Asian plane makers struggle to take off in crowded market
Asian plane makers have thrown huge sums at building jets but flagship projects have suffered repeated setbacks, and they face a tough time breaking into a market dominated by established…
Japanese utilities start selling uranium fuel into depressed market
Japan’s nuclear operators are starting to sell some of their huge holdings of uranium fuel, as chances fade of restarting many more reactors eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.…
World of wondrous connectivity
It was in 1953 that Mark R. Sullivan an executive of Pacific Telephone in USA had said “Just what form the future telephone will take is, of course, pure speculation.…
Devil is in the details
AS China recently celebrated 10 years of the Belt and Road Initiative, the mood remained sombre in Beijing largely because the “strategic competition” between China and the US has grown increasingly…
BRICS success challenges the US-led dominance!
The world is witnessing seismic shifts across economic, geopolitical, and cultural lines, and the ongoing conflict between Russia and the West is having a profound impact on the global power…
Rocky US-Saudi bond boosted by Israel normalisation push
A spate of high-profile visits by US officials to Saudi Arabia underscores how ties have warmed amid talks over a potential deal that would see the Gulf kingdom recognise Israel,…
Repairing ties
Since the start of trade wars between the US and China in 2018, the two sides have plunged into a competitive rivalry often quoted as ‘Cold War II’ or ‘New…
Economic architecture
THE US is having second thoughts about the Washington Consensus it had evolved in the 1990s. At that time, the Cold War with the Soviet Union had just ended, and…
G7’s nuanced pledge to ‘de-risk’ from China reflected concerns from Europe and Japan
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies this weekend pledged to “de-risk” without “decoupling” from China, an approach that reflected European and Japanese concerns about pushing Beijing…
