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Fri, December 2, 2022 | 15:57

How Xi Jinping can strengthen Chinese economy

How Xi Jinping can strengthen Chinese economy

Xi Jinping is poised to become the first three-term president in Chinese history when the Communist Party of China's 20th National Congress convenes this month. That makes this an opportune time to take stock of Xi's economic-policy record from the past ten years and explore some obvious steps to improve economic performance in the next term.

2022-10-12 14:27

Xi Jinping's radioactive friend

Xi Jinping's radioactive friend

Vladimir Putin's ongoing failure in Ukraine has put his strategic alliance with Chinese President Xi Jinping to the test. With Putin growing ever more desperate, Xi must finally realize the scale of the threat that his “friendship without limits” with the Russian president poses to China's economic health, to global stability, and to his own geopolitical ambitions.

2022-10-11 14:55

E-commerce, now or never?

E-commerce, now or never?

South Korea's internet giant Naver is buying Poshmark, a popular U.S. online marketplace for secondhand clothing, for big money. This news explains just how big consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce is becoming.

2022-10-10 17:00

Turkey's mediation efforts between Ukraine and Russia

Turkey's mediation efforts between Ukraine and Russia

Turkey has emerged as an important actor in the mediation process between Ukraine and Russia after the beginning of the war. Ankara has launched bilateral and multilateral forms of relationship with the employment of mediation tools. Participation of Kyiv and Moscow in the talks made Turkey become a rising mediator in the region. Furthermore, the country drew the attention of...

2022-10-09 17:00

All the king's games

All the king's games

A specter is haunting Russia - the specter of dissent. Anti-draft protests have broken out in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities, large and small. Thousands of young men are fleeing the country. And more than 2,000 Russians have been arrested after protesting against President Vladimir Putin's attempt to mobilize 300,000 reservists to fight his war against Ukrai...

2022-10-06 15:27

What caused Russia's war in Ukraine?

What caused Russia's war in Ukraine?

Russia's war in Ukraine is the most disruptive conflict that Europe has seen since 1945. While many in the West see a war of choice by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he says that NATO's 2008 decision in favor of eventual Ukrainian membership brought an existential threat to Russia's borders, and still others trace the conflict back to the Cold War's end and the failure of ...

2022-10-06 15:24

Social media companies need to turn down the heat

Social media companies need to turn down the heat

Baseless attacks by online trolls - whether anonymous or by well-known politicians and public figures - have created a cascade of hate, “underpinned by dangerous misinformation and outright lies against the LGBTQ+ community,” according to recently released research.

2022-10-06 15:22

Elvis has left the building, but stayed in our culture

Elvis has left the building, but stayed in our culture

Baz Luhrmann's new film, “Elvis,” has once again ignited our fascination with a man who left the building for good back in 1977. So why is it that this singer, actor and icon has remained “always on our minds” and whose story is still relevant today?

2022-10-06 15:21

How crises could provide new opportunities

How crises could provide new opportunities

Korea is a country where diplomacy is not easy because the Korean Peninsula is placed in a geopolitically sensitive location where continental and maritime powers collide. At this juncture of history, this is truer than ever, since liberation from Japan and the division of the peninsula. North Korea claimed completion of its nuclear weapons program in 2017 and promulgated its...

2022-10-05 13:53

Giorgia Meloni's moment

Giorgia Meloni's moment

When a “shock” or “extremist” election result comes with record-low voter turnout and a big yawn from financial markets, it is time to find new descriptors. The decisive victory in Italy's general election by the coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, putting her in line to be the country's first female prime minister and the first to claim an unambiguous ...

2022-10-05 13:27

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