Global economy takes Trump guessing-game in stride
Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new US administration but instead got a surprisingly restrained start from Donald Trump, who remains big on rhetoric…
A brand new world?
Economics is at the forefront, intertwined with politics, shaping international relations today. Global politics is entering a new era driven by artificial intelligence (AI), offering vast opportunities to advance economic…
New mode of warfare
DeepSeek, an AI model introduced by China, is being hailed as a game-changer in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, posing a significant challenge to US supremacy in the AI field.…
Trump, Act II
DURING the election campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly said he wanted to “stop wars” and prevent the US from becoming embroiled in foreign adventures. But his provocative statements earlier this…
G-zero world
Law of the jungle! The G7 (Group of Seven) is dead. The G20 (Group of Twenty) has crumbled into irrelevance. Multilateralism? A relic of a bygone era. Eight more days…
Inauguration Day, Trump-style: What will happen?
Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s…
Small and great
WITH the exception of a handful of countries, this world is ruled by small people. There is no great man in sight. In America, Richard Nixon was the last great…
Likely cause of US missile claim
WHILE the US policy has remained focused on enabling the creation of a Greater Israel via Gaza genocide, expansion of Zionist settlements in the West Bank and the grabbing of…
Contours of the new Middle East
HOW and why the Assad regime collapsed like a house of cards in a mere 11 days, after battling foreign-sponsored rebel groups, including IS and Al Qaeda, for some 13…
New cold war
The cold war (1947-1991), a chilling 44-year standoff, witnessed a terrifying triumvirate of lethal weapons: ICBMs (Soviet R-7 Semyorka and American Minuteman missiles), nuclear submarines (USS George Washington, SSBN-598, and…
