Economics

Instead of hungering for power and party control, U.S. politicians should be hungering for solutions to the economic problems that vex the country. For U.S. Republicans and Democrats, default is a game of chicken where no one veers off course until the last minute. Rather than finding a …

Don Gill Among Western countries, France has often been the first to illustrate a mature understanding of India’s position on varied issues ranging from nuclear tests to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War. French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the invitation to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day …

Pop culture understandings of the American military dominate the minds of most people. Whether it’s Hollywood making a war movie like Pearl Harbor with numerous historical inaccuracies or an unrealistic depiction of wartime conditions in The Hurt Locker, numerous narratives emerge that misrepresent the U.S. military. Pop culture …

Dana Masalimova As the Suez Canal becomes a new front in the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Red Sea is a “no-go zone” for most vessels, geopolitics is casting a shadow over the international trade landscape. With the shipping industry caught in the crossfire of an escalating geopolitical conflict, …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh In the symphony of global economies, Jordan recently played a dissonant note, echoing far beyond its borders. The World Bank’s decision to reclassify the country from a middle-high-income nation to a low-middle-income one on July 1 sent shockwaves through economic and social circles. This …

Gavin Bade As he girds for a rematch against Trump, the president’s ambitious trade agenda finally buckled under backlash from his own party. It may never recover. The high-profile reversal in San Francisco was just the most recent setback in Biden’s trade agenda. U.S. officials have also hit …

Kazakhstan is assuming an increasingly important role amid a global energy transition and regional diplomatic shifts. From the landmark Biden-Xi summit in San Francisco to the upcoming COP28UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, November is proving to be a busy month for global diplomacy. Both events highlight some …

Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh As the world anticipates the onset of 2024, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict retains its status as a pivotal epicentre of geopolitical tensions. At this crucial juncture, the unfolding scenarios are poised to significantly impact the lives of Israelis and Palestinians in the coming year. In …

Desmond Lachman It is often said that generals fight the last war. Something similar can perhaps be said of Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve. At a time when a regional banking crisis is brewing that could precipitate a meaningful recession, the Fed continues to battle inflation even though it …