India’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up
A year ago, India was bouncing back from a recession caused by Covid-19 with a spring in its step. The country had overtaken China as the most populous country, and…
Canada avoids Trump’s tariffs – for now
After bracing for weeks for a trade war with the US, Canada has – for now – evaded tariffs that Donald Trump threatened to impose on the country as soon…
These Rooms Give Young Indian Lovers Rare Privacy. Cue the Complaints.
Privacy can be hard to come by in India. Life is a communal swirl of relatives, neighbors and friends. Cities are crowded, and prying eyes are everywhere. Enter Oyo, a…
Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
“That to me, I think, has a practical answer, which is government-to-government agreements that emplace effective security safeguards and transparency around the hardware, the model weights and the know-how, and…
Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
President Biden and his aides came into office with deep experience in trans-Atlantic affairs. But over four years, they focused too on the Pacific, where China strains to be the…
Ukraine Braces for Trump’s Return
Could this be the year, as President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised, when Russia’s war against Ukraine is brought to an end? The possibility of peace brings “tears to my…
Ukrainians’ hopes and concerns as Trump presidency nears
BBC/Xavier Vanpevenaege Anastasiia Fedchenko, 36, wails in anguish – her agony echoing around the gilded walls of St Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv. She sits with her hands resting on both…
Michael Hudson: Trump on Greenland, Panama and Canada | naked capitalism
Yves here. Michael Hudson returns to Nima’s Dialogue Works to discuss some of Trump’s latest provocations. It is revealing how many of the pols and pundits who decried Putin as…
China’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year
To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies an act of patriotism. And yet, for…
Mark Carney runs for leader of Canada’s Liberal Party
After months of speculation about his political ambitions, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has announced his run for leader of Canada’s governing Liberal Party.…