Tag Archive: Asia
Laos Has Tackled COVID-19, But It Is Drowning in Debt to International Finance
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Asia, Asia/China, Asia/Laos, Economy, Health Care, History, News, North America/United States of America, Politics, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 07/14/2020
On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)—a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia—said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun...
Full ArticleWhat’s Driving Trump’s Political Attacks on China
Released for Syndication: 05/05/2020
U.S. President Donald Trump has tied himself and onlookers in knots by his alternating encomiums for and diatribes against China over COVID-19 in the...
Full ArticleBecome a Manufacturing Powerhouse in 2020—An Economic Recipe for Our Times
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Asia, Asia/China, Asia/Japan, Economy, Europe, Europe/Germany, North America/United States of America, Technology, Time-Sensitive, Trade
Released for Syndication: 04/22/2020
Local content requirements, tariffs and quotas are all ideas to be considered, as geopolitical concerns begin to supersede free-trade ideology.
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Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?
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Asia, Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/South Korea, Economy, Europe, Europe/Hungary, Europe/Serbia, Human Rights, Middle East/Israel, North America/United States of America, Oceania/New Zealand, Politics, Time-Sensitive, Trump
Released for Syndication: 04/14/2020
The COVID-19 global pandemic has prompted a major question about leadership in a time of crisis: how to balance the importance of public health...
Full ArticleCould COVID-19 Bring Down the U.S. Empire?
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Asia, Asia/China, Asia/Taiwan, Asia/Vietnam, Economy, Health Care, Human Rights, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive, Trade, Trump
Released for Syndication: 04/10/2020
As U.S. COVID-19 cases double every few days and the death toll mounts, the U.S. seems to be caught in a “worst of both...
Full ArticleGrowing Xenophobia Against China in the Midst of CoronaShock
Released for Syndication: 03/30/2020
Violent attacks against Asians in the United States has spiked as a consequence of the stigma driven by the Trump administration.
Full ArticleA World No Longer Shaped by Atlantic Powers
Released for Syndication: 02/28/2020
The annual Munich Security Conference that took place February 14-16 this year turned out to be an iconic event, drawing comparison with the one...
Full ArticleIs the World About to Witness the End of the War in Afghanistan?
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2020
The manner in which U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ramming a peace settlement down Afghanistan’s throat is disconcerting. Delhi’s silence is more so....
Full ArticleHow India’s Modi Is Playing on Trump’s Ego to His Advantage
Released for Syndication: 02/20/2020