By Martin Michelot, courtesy of Europeum Reports that US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, was heard saying that his job “was to destroy the EU” call into question the reality of this desire for a “reset”, but it is clear that Europeans will need to come to the table. Their current level […]
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The Great Decoupling: Digital Edition — Winnie the Pooh, Eric Cartman, Daryl Morey and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
by Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor What do Winnie the Pooh, Eric Cartman, Daryl Morey and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi all have in common? In a twist on Sesame Street’s “one of those things is not like all the others,” in this case, all of these things are not like the others. […]
How should small countries navigate a “tripolar” world?
“The political dimension of a Swiss-US trade agreement” By Jennifer Anthamatten and Patrick Dümmler, courtesy of Avenir Suisse In the last two decades, global trade flows have shifted markedly, and the current geopolitical structure is in transition. The time in which there was an undisputed hegemon seems to be ending. Instead, a future […]
Achieving Economic Security Depends on Assuring National Security
By James Edwards, Executive Director of Conservatives for Property Rights “Economic security is national security.” Different officials have made this statement over the years. Only, now the news has begun to catch up and validate the truth it expresses. Reports have proliferated, exposing various ways America’s competitors — particularly China and […]
EU should copy Belt and Road in Africa
Hopefully the name will make more sense. China’s much-discussed Belt and Road Initiative, seeking to create and strengthen land and maritime infrastructure across Eurasia, has attracted a lot of criticism for saddling low-income countries in its path with lots of debt […]
Beware Chinese Bearing Wicked Fast Streaming 5G
By Dan McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor With China’s October 1 celebrations of the 70thAnniversary of the Communist Party’s rise to power just hours away, make time for this Gordon Chang must-read, from the Gatestone Institute: Huawei Wants the World’s Next Trojan Horse to Be Chinese. […]
China’s government fears Hong Kong-Taiwan axis
The Chinese government’s deepening paranoia about the protests in Hong Kong, which Beijing blames on meddling by outside powers (read: the U.S.), is unlikely to be relieved by the appearance of strengthening ties between Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and Taiwan, which has enjoyed full (if […]
China must focus finance on small business
The words “Chinese companies” summon images of sprawling tech giants or vast state-owned enterprises, but like most other countries a large share of China’s economy is composed of small businesses — but this critical if unsung economic sector is marginal at best in the […]
Ex-Im “Reform” Documents Look Like More of the Same Crony Capitalism
By Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Courtesy of Mercatus Center It has been disheartening, though not completely surprising, to watch the Republican party move from being the driving force behind terminating the crony capitalist agency known as the Export-Import Bank to a party […]