Tag: Trade
60 Articles
- Business & Economics
Reimagining the U.S.-Korea Relationship in the Indo-Pacific
No matter how you frame it – “a shrimp among whales,” “stuck in the middle,” or “between a rock and a hard place” – South Korea is among the countries most…
February 21, 2022
- Business & Economics
The African Union Private Sector Development Strategy: A Catalyzer of Socio-economic Transformation in Africa
During the last two decades before COVID-19, Africa recorded an average annual 4.6 % growth rate despite an unfavorable international economic and financial environment. This…
July 15, 2021
- Business & Economics
Building National Supply Chain Resilience
In May 2021, a cyberattack shut down the operations of a major gas pipeline along the East Coast of the United States. A month earlier, a combination of weather and…
July 11, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking China’s Strategy of Technological Independence
One of the themes that stand out in China’s 14th Five-year Plan for national economic and social development is the commitment to strengthening technological self-sufficiency.…
June 22, 2021
- Business & Economics
The Trials and Tribulations of Big Tech in the US-China Relationship
September 20, 2020, was the deadline for transactions by Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s TikTok to cease operations within the United States set by the Trump administration.…
May 20, 2021
- Business & Economics
Degrowth: Less Resource Use for More Wellbeing and Resilience
Broad consensus that the survival of human societies depends on reducing harmful environmental impacts would suggest widespread movement toward degrowth objectives, yet…
May 9, 2021
- Business & Economics
When “Pariahs” Go Green: Energy Transitions in the Middle East and the Biden Administration
Oil Demand Shocks and US Foreign Policy US foreign policymaking in the Middle East tends to look at itself in the rear-view mirror. Reliable oil supplies against American…
April 14, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory
The distribution gap for COVID-19 vaccines between wealthy and poor countries is widening. High-income countries, which account for fourteen percent of the global population,…
April 10, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Unfinished Business: Biafran Activism in Nigeria Today
In the late 1960s, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, nearly disintegrated when its eastern region broke away as the Republic of Biafra. After two and a half devastating…
April 7, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
India and Latin America: Moving from Transactional to Permanent Healthcare Partners
On January 22, less than a week after India began its own COVID-19 vaccination drive at home, the Serum Institute of India shipped two million doses of the Covidshield vaccine…
March 18, 2021