Economy
EurAsia Expo 2025 in Urumqi: A Gateway to Global Connectivity and Regional Prosperity
On June 26, 2025, the vibrant city of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, witnessed the grand opening...
Tracking Indian Participation in SPIEF-2025 – Interview
St. Petersburg Economic Forum remains one of the valuable platforms for developing strategic trade ties and forging investment cooperation with potental partners, both local...
ASEAN and Japan’s Collaborative Efforts in Greenwashing the Economy
Authors: Raissa Serafina Rayendra & Mohan M.R.T. Eteng Sitorus*
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan have ramped up efforts to link economic...
Russia-Africa: Balancing Bilateral Trade
Amidst the dominating geopolitical and economic themes at the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), African participants were practically in search of potential...
Trump’s Tariffs Threat to the Global South
After agreeing to suspend the “reciprocal” duties for 90 days — till early July — Trump threatened to set country-specific tariff rates. By making...
AI and Impact on Employment in Southeast Asia
A World Economic Forum (WEF) projection in its Future of Jobs report in January 2025 stated that eleven million jobs will be created due...
Sinopec and Sri Lanka: Strategic Investment or a New Face of Dependency?
Authors: Akshita Malik and Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar*
Sri Lanka’s economic downfall in 2022, marked by its first-ever sovereign debt default, cast a harsh spotlight...
Rekindling the G7: Powering With, Not Over, a Changing World
The Group of Seven (G7), once the undisputed steward of the global economic order, finds itself navigating an unfamiliar terrain. Designed during an era...
When Local Innovation Leads: M-Pesa as a Case Against One-Size-Fits-All Solutions
Abstract: Amidst the challenges of digital transformation in developing countries, M-Pesa emerges as a local innovation that successfully empowers communities through mobile phone-based financial...
G7’s Last Stand: Job-Creators Over Job-Seekers Decide Future of Economies
As Canada hosts the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17, 2025, an orchestra of economic collapse plays across free economies...