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Neo-Dynastic Ascension in the East: the Paradox of the Pacific and the Rise of Modern Empires in an Ancient World

February 2, 2016

Asia·Diplomacy·Economics·Politics·Security·US

Bearing witness to today’s Asia summons to mind an almost classic resurgence of sovereignties, seemingly clashing over that ageless title of Greatest Empire of

After COP21: Mexico In-Between Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation

January 12, 2016

Academic·Economics·Latin America·Politics

Climate change is perhaps one of the thorniest economic and social problems of our time. This is not unrelated to the fact that in

Cyclical Failure – Economic Crisis and Commodities in Latin America

December 16, 2015

Economics·Latin America·Politics

Despite a great deal of discussion on the information economy in recent years, (much of it useful and much of it overhyped,) the actual

Moves to a Service-Based Economy is Likely China’s Catch-22

November 10, 2015

Asia·Diplomacy·Economics·Human Rights

The achievements of President Xi Jinping’s short duration in Britain are the first steps of what China hopes to be the path to becoming

Beacons Over Mars

October 5, 2015

Economics·Middle East·Politics·Technology·US

Lets begin with a question: How is trade created? At first an intellectual being defines a phenomenon and then that person (or maybe someone

The Precariat – When Insecurity Dominates

July 21, 2015

Economics·Politics

Only one in four people in the work force worldwide have a secure job with a permanent contract. The remaining three-quarters are employed “on

China in Latin America: Sister Country or Neo-Colonialist?

June 9, 2015

Asia·Diplomacy·Economics·Latin America

Ever since the end of the 15th century, Latin America has been seen by outsiders overwhelmingly as a place rich in natural resources. In

The Business of Death

June 1, 2015

Asia·Business·Economics·Politics

The Chinese life insurance market has grown exponentially since the start of the millennium. Now the fifth largest life insurance market globally, sales have

Anger Across the Water: Parallel Trading in Hong Kong

May 21, 2015

Asia·Diplomacy·Economics

The conflict between Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong people doesn’t seem to have an end in any sense. After the influential pro-democracy demonstration in

Lee Kuan Yew & The Curious Legacies of “Benevolent Dictators”

March 27, 2015

Asia·Economics·Human Rights·Politics

As has been widely reported in global media, the former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew has passed away at the age of