Commentary Feb 8, 2012

China faces rising risks as it looks overseas for resources

by Michael Richardson

China’s meteoric rise to become the world’s second biggest economy and a global manufacturing center is sustained by ever-growing imports of raw materials and increasing investment abroad, often in under-developed countries shunned by the West for alleged human rights abuses or because they are ...

Global-related Jan 6, 2012

When China rules, Chinese will not set the rules

by Ivan Krastev

For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. The European Union seems on the brink of collapse, and many non-Europeans view the old continent as a retired power that can still impress ...