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US Economic Sanctions are Pushing Iran into a Closer Relationship with Russia and China
The Trump Administration’s unilateral withdrawal from the unanimous United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the “Iran nuclear...
Investing in People is Crucial to Economic Recovery in Central Asia
Central Asian economies are on course to contract by 1.7 percent this year, a sharp reversal from the 4.9 percent growth in 2019, says...
Amid COVID-19, these 10 countries are aiming to kickstart their economies by repairing nature
In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$ 10 million for emergency conservation efforts under the New Deal, putting...
Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity
Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the most reliable economic growth strategies, especially for developing countries in Asia and...
Options in Dealing with Economic Depression
The current global economy still maintains positive growth, and neither main advanced economies nor emerging economies have experienced economic recession, let alone worsened into...
Regional Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Evaluation
The World Bank defines a regional trade agreement (RTA) as a “treaty between two or more governments that define the rules of trade for...
The Transformation of the U.S. Financial Ecology in the Context of Excess Capital
The U.S. stock market has long been dominated by institutional investors, with retail investors accounting for only about 10% of the trading volume. In...
Innovation and Inclusivity in the Age of COVID-19: Southeast Asia’s Path to a Resilient Digital Economy
Today, we face one of the greatest challenges of our generation. In just a short span of time, the coronavirus pandemic has upended lives...
Saudi chairmanship of G20 proves to be mixed blessing
Saudi Arabia’s chairmanship of the Group of Twenty (G20) is proving to be a mixed blessing.
The country and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman saw...
A Closer Look at the American Tech Ban and its Consequences
Before it was TikTok, Huawei and WeChat. Now it’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), which was targeted September by being put on a U.S....