The Double-Edged Sword of U.S. Economic Power

The United States has increasingly utilized its economic might as a tool of statecraft in the twenty-first century. Washington has employed tariffs, sanctions, and...

The “High-Quality” Gambit: Inside China’s Next Five-Year Plan

The draft proposals for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan were approved during the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party...

African Union Earmarks $170 Billion Infrastructure Investment Plan

During its 3rd grandiose summit in Luanda that brought together a distinguished panel of leaders, including the ministers of transport from Zimbabwe and Rwanda,...

Nobel 2025 and Quantum Imperatives

Every year, the announcement of the Nobel Prize opens new doors for discovery and advancement.  Back in 1895, Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Foundation,...

Taiwan, U.S. Report Progress in Trade Talks Amid APEC Meetings

Taiwan’s delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea announced that technical consultations for trade negotiations with the United States have...

Xi Takes Spotlight at APEC After Fragile Trump Trade Truce

Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged as the central figure at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea after striking a tentative trade...

Morocco’s Economic Rise—and Its Stubborn Contradictions

Morocco’s recent wave of youth-led protests over unemployment and inequality has laid bare the contradictions behind the Kingdom’s modernization success. It has built world-class...

Rosatom’s Virtual Reactors and the New Diplomacy of Data

The New Reactor Economy In the twenty-first century, nuclear energy has re-emerged not only as a source of electricity but also as an instrument of...

U.S., South Korea Strike Major Trade and Investment Deal

South Korea and the United States unveiled detailed terms of a new trade and investment deal on Thursday, outlining tariff reductions, major energy purchases,...

Trump and Xi Ease Trade Tensions With Surprise Tariff Cut

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would reduce tariffs on Chinese goods to 47%, following what he called an “amazing” meeting...

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