Project Syndicate – Page 6 – Asia Times

US President Donald Trump with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 26, 2018, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: AFP/ Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

The balance of China, Japan, and Trump’s America

by Joseph S. Nye October 7, 2018

Cancer patients rest on beds at Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute and research centre in Guwahati in Assam. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Thailand, World

Declaration of Alma-Ata: ‘health for all’ 40 years on

by Kabir Sheikh October 4, 2018

Young businessman hiding head in the sand. Image: iStock

European Union, World

One hundred years of ineptitude

by Helmut Anheier October 3, 2018

A young female nerd dressed in bow tie and eyeglasses is deciding between eating an ice cream cone or broccoli. She is making a disgusted face at the broccoli. She is choosing the treat. Photo: iStock

World

Big Food’s poisonous propaganda

by Robert H Lustig September 30, 2018

President Xi Jinping's economic policies have been questioned. Photo: AFP/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Backlash against China could jeopardize its ‘free ride’

by Brahma Chellaney September 28, 2018

US President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Friday May 25. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Middle East, Russia, World

Trump’s darkest days – so far

by Elizabeth Drew September 27, 2018

Still enjoying the ride. With some turbulence, the US stock market survived the second quarter largely unscathed despite Trump's threats to blow up the global trade order.

European Union, World

Do spectacular earnings justify spectacular US stock prices?

by Robert J Shiller September 25, 2018

Under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary has become increasingly authoritarian. Photo: AFP/Frederick Florin

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, World

Good politics, bad economics

by Robert Skidelsky September 23, 2018

Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The global trade system could break down

by Anne O Krueger September 19, 2018

People hold a giant banner reading 'We are the people' during a march organized by the right-wing populist 'Pro Chemnitz' movement, on September 7, 2018, in Chemnitz, the flashpoint eastern city that saw protests marred by neo-Nazi violence. Photo: AFP / John MacDougall

European Union, Germany, Israel, Middle East, World

From Charlottesville to Chemnitz: the West’s race problem

by Ian Buruma September 17, 2018

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 15, 2018. Photo: AFP / Abbas Momani

Egypt, Israel, Middle East, World

Trump’s self-defeating Palestine policy

by Daoud Kuttab September 15, 2018

Young businessman hiding head in the sand. Image: iStock

European Union, Middle East, World

Who really creates value in an economy?

by Mariana Mazzucato September 13, 2018

Volunteers and rescue personnel evacuate local residents in an Indian Navy boat from a residential area in Aluva, Kerala, on August 17, 2018. Photo: AFP, Times of India/ RK Sreejith.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Maldives, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

India should accept disaster assistance

by Shashi Tharoor September 13, 2018

Palestinian schoolchildren chant slogans and raise the victory gesture over a UN flag during a protest at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school, financed by US aid, in the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on September 5, 2018.
Photo: AFP / Hazem Bader

European Union, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

US pulling funds on UNRWA is an assault on refugees

by Gordon Brown September 10, 2018

US Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a joint drills at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea last December. The war games are set to end, but will the US fully withdraw from the peninsula? Photo:AFP/ pool/ Kim Hong-ji

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

The two sides of American exceptionalism

by Joseph S. Nye September 5, 2018

Cashed in: yuan coins are placed over the eyes of Franclin on a 100 dollar banknote. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Shanghai, World

Trump’s misguided policies will displace the dollar

by Jeffrey D. Sachs September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Brexit talks . Image: iStock

China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Sustaining Europe’s security trio

by Volker Perthes September 4, 2018

The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock

European Union, United Kingdom, World

Was the financial crisis wasted?

by Howard Davies September 1, 2018

Australia's then Treasurer, now Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: AFP/Mark Graham

Australia, Middle East, Oceania, World

An end to Australia’s democratic pantomime?

by Gareth Evans August 28, 2018

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledges supporters during a rally at the conservative Justice and Development Party headquarters in Istanbul, following the results of a nationwide referendum. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

China, European Union, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Tough times for the tough guys

by Chris Patten August 26, 2018

The Himalayas play a central role in driving Asia’s hydrological cycle and weather and climate patterns, including triggering the annual summer monsoons. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

A global environmental threat made in China

by Brahma Chellaney August 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrive at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Syria, World

A man for all diplomatic seasons

by Gordon Brown August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

Photo: AFP/Tatyana Zenkovich

Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The West must face reality in Turkey

by Richard N. Haass August 19, 2018August 19, 2018

Irritated woman working on a laptop at home. Internet troll. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, European Union, Philippines, World

Confronting journalism’s misogynistic trolls

by Hannah Storm August 19, 2018August 19, 2018

European Union flag with fabric structure. Image: iStock

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Can Europe learn to stop worrying and love power?

by Zaki Laïdi August 19, 2018August 19, 2018

Globalization. Photo: iStock

China, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Realizing globalization’s innovative potential

by Otaviano Canuto August 16, 2018

Image: iStock

China, European Union, Middle East, World

Protectionism for liberals

by Robert Skidelsky August 15, 2018

In the first speech by a Chinese head of state to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2017, President Xi Jinping proclaimed his country the champion of an open global economy and that there is 'no point' in blaming economic globalization for the world's problems. China seeks to play a greater role in world trade amid rising protectionism in the US and Europe. Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini

AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, World

Globalization with Chinese characteristics

by Barry Eichengreen August 14, 2018

Wet market in Mong Kok, Kowloon
Photo: Istockphoto

European Union, Middle East, South Asia, World

Evolution is back on the menu

by Jonathan Silvertown August 11, 2018

Steve Bannon (left), former strategic adviser to US President Donald Trump, and Lanny Davis, former special adviser in the White House and supporter of Hillary Clinton, attend a discussion focusing on US developments on May 22, 2018, in Prague. Photo: AFP / Michal Cizek

China, European Union, France, Italy, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Steve Bannon’s European adventure

by Ian Buruma August 10, 2018August 10, 2018