‘Amazing’ handshake fails to amaze markets as Xi unamused by Trump’s G2 offer
It is indeed known that the United States and China have been locked in an economic war. All possibilities of a further “pause” agreement...
Americans Struggle between Democracy & Power: Who is Driving Whom?
Almost a decade ago, I would have wagered my entire wealth on the defeat of candidate Donald Trump in the primaries of the 2016...
New York’s Great Rebirth: How Zohran Mamdani Made History
In the dimly lit theater at Brooklyn Paramount, amid tears and triumph, Zohran Mamdani did not merely accept victory, he announced a revolution. “So,...
How U.S. Is Turning Iran into China’s Trojan Horse in the Middle East
In recent years, the sanctions regime that the United States and its allies have imposed on Iran and a handful of other countries has...
Trump and the journey to reshape the Asian chessboard: from ASEAN to APEC
President Donald Trump’s Asia tour, which includes the 47th ASEAN Summit, an official visit to Japan, and the APEC Summit in South Korea, is...
Rooting Out Emerging American Authoritarianism
We Americans don't know what it means to live in an authoritarian state unless we are first generation immigrants who came from one or...
The Illusion of Freedom: Latin America’s Authoritarian Drift
Latin America’s political landscape has seen sweeping shifts in recent years. On one hand, a so-called “second Pink Tide” has returned left-of-centre governments to...
Argentine Midterm elections. And the winner is… Donald Trump
No one anticipated last Sunday midterm election result in Argentina. Not even the executive, that faced a dire situation on the way to the...
Trump’s Venezuela Experiment: Regime Change, Not Through Force, But Finance
When the Trump administration turned its gaze toward Caracas, it wasn’t simply reacting to Nicolás Maduro’s fraudulent 2018 re-election. It was staging a modern...
Behind the Handshake: The Real Deal on US-China Trade
U. S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to reduce tensions in their trade war by modifying some tariffs and export...