Has COVID-19 killed Asia’s growth miracle?
Although the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of global supply chains, pursuing a strategy of insourcing or localizing production would be devastating.
Having matured and grown more patient, China is less impetuous about achieving short-term gains, and more invested in creating opportunities for its people over the long term.
Potential for a big bounce-back in 2021?
Engineering a big economic rebound in 2021, and maintaining strong and sustainable growth thereafter, will require much more than a COVID-19 vaccine.
A New Year's resolution for the world: Find a common path to recovery
The 2020 crisis has shown us that we need even more global cooperation in order to face this century’s toughest challenges.
America’s post-Trump reckoning
As the Biden administration re-engages with U.S. partners and allies, it will have to provide assurances that arrangements made in the next four years will survive into the future.
The underestimation of Trump voters, and complacent belief in a Biden landslide, revealed the widening gulf between urban, educated America and rural, working-class America.
China’s fateful year, from Wuhan to Hong Kong
In 2020, relations with the West swung back toward mutual distrust and hostility, with the COVID-19 pandemic and Hong Kong national-security law playing decisive roles.
Xi Jinping’s strategic overreach in the Himalayas
China’s ability to pursue its geopolitical ambitions is diminishing rapidly. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its relations with India.
How might COVID-19 change the world?
No country will be safe from COVID-19 until all are. It’s a global problem demanding a global solution.
When people are isolated in their homes and haunted by fear, boredom and paranoia, one of the few activities that does not cease is discussion of the coronavirus.
