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Free Trade and Outsourcing Are Not the Same

April 25, 2004
Financial theorists, politicians, and labor groups in the US have recently butted heads over the nature of free trade. Theorists credit skyrocketing amounts of global trade with increased standards of living worldwide, whereas many politicians have decried the loss of jobs overseas due to...

Climate Action: Sustainable Floating Cities

August 8, 2019
In anticipation of climate change's rising seas and increased migration, the UN Human Settlements Programme explores the possibility of sustainable floating cities – and requested advanced proposals from marine engineers and related firms for the UN Climate Action Summit in September. The plan...

Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus: China’s BRI Goals

January 2, 2019
China’s Belt and Road global investment strategy is financing more than $1 trillion in infrastructure development in more than 70 nations. The initiative, global in scope, is a response to the US “pivot to Asia” announced under the Obama administration, “carefully and astutely crafted to take...

Will Another Cold War Follow Trade War?

April 2, 2019
Analysts expect the United States and China to reach agreement on new trade rules to end immediate economic pain. But a fast deal is not reason for celebration as the United States still has trade deficits with more than 100 nations. “The multilateral imbalance stems from a profound shortfall of US...

Regional Value Chains: Africa’s Way Forward

February 26, 2019
Industrialization is a priority for Africa. The continent of 54 countries and 1.3 billion people need not duplicate the industrialization path of China or the West. Instead, African communities can focus on cooperation with regional rather than global value chains, thus avoiding intense competition...

Gambling: Las Vegas Seen as Model

March 26, 2003
The global spread of American culture is often seen as a form of cultural imperialism. But there are many cases where a nation will actively import American culture or use it as a model. Thailand is considering legalizing casino operations and eventually building a Las Vegas-like entertainment...

China Has Chance to Undercut US by Wooing Taiwan

February 14, 2017
In the interest of peace, virtually all countries maintain official relations with China and unofficial relations with Taiwan. In December, the US president-elect disrupted this broad international understanding by questioning need for the One China policy and treating it as a bargaining chip. Two...

Emerging Economies – Rich And Confident

July 12, 2012
The emerging economies account for an increasing share of the globe’s billionaires. But widespread public attitudes can wield far more influence over an economy than the wealth of a few hundred people, suggests Bruce Stokes, director of Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center in...
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