On 15 November, on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, chaired by Vietnam, the world’s largest regional free trade agreement…
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This article appeared in Friends of Europe, the Times of Malta, and Medium The prospect of Joe Biden in the White House is starting to…
During lock-down, I have made a point of keeping in touch with friends, both local and foreign, living in China. What has struck me is…
We have recently witnessed two diametrically opposite corporate fortunes in the FinTech world involving Germany’s Wirecard and China’s Ant Group (previously Ant Financial). Wirecard’s scandalous…
BOEING 747 RETIRES There is, maybe, no greater icon of a globalized world than the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. In most people’s imagination, the symbol…
On 30 July, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted sanctions – a travel ban and assets freeze – against individuals and state bodies…
Britain has displayed a “uncritical fascination” and “naïve optimism” with regards to China, according to a new report for RADIX. In China: Friend, Foe or…
Britain has displayed a “uncritical fascination” and “naïve optimism” with regards to China, according to a new report for RADIX, the radical centre think tank,…
Xi Jinping, president for life of the People’s Republic of China, is a strategist. He acts with a long time horizon. His supreme goal is…
In the upper Himalayan valley of Ladakh, twenty Indian soldiers were killed on 15 June 2020 in a border incident with the Chinese army. This…
In this issue of our Globalisation Outlook we examine: Has China become trapped in the usual authoritarian cycle of aggression and paranoia from which it…
The repercussions of this global health crisis are affecting all sectors. The financial sector, in particular, has struggled to adapt to the rapid changes, given…