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Dan Steinbock
How Trump’s ditching of the Iran nuclear deal affirms…
For three years, the comprehensive nuclear accord (JCPOA) has offered Iran relief from US, UN and multilateral…
Time to safeguard global free trade
For a year, President Trump has promoted global division and trade friction, while China has defended global trade…
How Transparency International’s corruption perceptions…
In the most recent Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the rankings are topped, as often before, by the tiny Nordic…
Ensuring Olympic success – after the games
To avoid cost overruns, South Korea’s 2018 Winter Games was located in Pyeongchang, the smallest city to host the…
The Philippine dream could be within the reach
Today, there is a huge gap between the Philippines as it is portrayed by many international observers and the…
How to surpass the middle-income trap
China will surpass the middle-income trap by continuing to implement structural reforms and focusing on economic…
The Way to the new Cold War
Despite continued nuclear threats, all US post-war presidents have failed to reset relations with Russia. Why?
The…
Toward “nuclear winter”?
All efforts to resolve the elevated nuclear tensions in the Korean Peninsula should be subject to extreme caution,…
Chinese economy in 2018 and beyond
In the coming years, China shall aim at high-quality development, while seeking to forestall financial and…
Eclipse of US free-trade legacy in Americas and Asia…
Recently, all major US free trade deals in North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific have fallen under fire. As…
The New US-Chinese Globalization Opportunity
While US postwar policies in Asia are shifting, a new Sino-US historical opportunity has emerged. US and Chinese…
How to (and not to) navigate between US and China
The first 18 months of the Duterte government suggest that the effort to recalibrate the Philippines’ ties between…