A Fragmented Future? Huawei and the Future of the Global Economy
Are transnational corporations really as transnational as they claim to be? The recent crises surrounding Huawei suggest that corporations may be more constrained by politics […]
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Mr. Moon the Mediator: Can South Korea still mediate between the United States and North Korea?
South Korean president Moon must act as a mediator between the United States and North Korea, while not letting American interests dictate his North Korea […]
Haircuts and Herrings: What came out of the Hanoi Summit?
President Trump’s approach has produced progress in US-North Korea relations. In order to go further after the Hanoi Summit, he may need to change it. […]
Can’t Care for Communists: What’s really behind Vietnamese Sino-phobia?
Sino-phobia in Vietnam has long roots, but there is more to it than history, argues contributor Luu. A few years ago, as I passed through […]
Conquer the Divided? – China’s growing influence over the international community
China uses its economic power to sow discord in the international community. And its working. The 88-year old billionaire George Soros is a man with […]
Hold the Horses of Optimism: Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit
On March 9, 2018, US President Donald Trump accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s offer to meet some time in May. If the […]
Sweden’s Refugee Crisis of Conscience
A hand-drawn heart commemorates victims of a terrorist attack in central Stockholm in April 2017, an attack which intensified debates about immigration controls in Sweden. […]
US Changing Course in the South China Sea?
Most people have perhaps never heard of the term, US Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP), until very recently. Indeed, for the program’s past 35 years […]
Moon and Trump On Unsteady Ground
In October 2006, North Korea, crossed a weapons threshold by detonating its first nuclear bomb. This drew international condemnation that put then South Korean president, […]
North Korean ICBMs: Game changers at home?
As North Korea continues its inclined path of weapons testing, both conventional and unconventional, the world’s reaction has been sensitive. All the while, Donald Trump […]