Economy
Supply Chain Realignment: Why the Global South’s Prosperity is Not Guaranteed
Global supply chains act as the circulatory system of the modern world economy, which is intricately linked and deeply interconnected. Different stages of production...
mBridge and the Future of Finance: From BRICS Experiment to Global Dialogue
Imagine currencies flowing across invisible bridges—no longer slowed by borders, intermediaries, or the weight of dollar dominance. This is the vision behind mBridge, a...
Divisions and Delays: Why Europe’s Political Rift Threatens the Euro’s Global Role
Lagarde’s Call for a Stronger Euro
In May 2025, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde urged Europe’s leaders to seize what she termed a...
Can a Cashless Vision Take Root?
Pakistan and the UAE have been talking about teaming up to push for a cashless economy and faster digital transformation. The UAE shared its...
Boosting Egypt’s Textile Hub: Shuanfeng’s Suez Canal Factory
The Chinese company “Shuanfeng” has established a ready-made garment factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, specifically in the Qantara West Industrial Zone of...
The Missing Piece: Minerals Processing and Deep Sea Mining
Authors: Zohan Tariq and Tom LaTourrette*
The world’s oceans have long been a source of riches that help sustain human civilization. Since antiquity, fishing has...
Brazil’s Pix and the Geopolitics of Digital Payments
This July, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s instant-payment system, Pix. The question on the table is...
A Silent Economic Coup Begins in Indonesia and Nepal
Could the finance minister be the gateway to changing the world's direction?
This question sounds simple, but recent days have provided us with the answer....
Cyberbiosecurity in the Blue Economy
The blue economy, which can be described as comprising fisheries, aquaculture, shipping, offshore energy, and port logistics, is changing in a very fast manner...
The future of public debt management in an era of digital finance
Public debt has always been a central concern of governments, economists, and financial institutions. In the 20th century, the question was whether sovereign debt...