by Alan Wheatley | 27 Aug 2018 | Asia, China
China’s rise is one of the striking developments of our age. Global well-being hinges in part on the answer to this question: Can China sustain growth? A woman pushes a tricycle loaded with wood along land under development in Beijing, China, 29 October 2007...
by News Decoder | 27 Mar 2017 | Americas, Donald Trump, Student Posts, United States
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to repeal Obamacare raises the question of how he will approach another of his targets: the Dodd-Frank Act that aims to protect consumers from self-serving financial services. What is the purpose of these financial...
by Alan Wheatley | 23 Mar 2017 | Donald Trump, Globalization, United States
Under Donald Trump, the U.S. is mounting an assault on free trade that could undermine the system that has underpinned global prosperity for years. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at a news conference at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors...
by News Decoder | 9 Nov 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Globalization, Human Rights, United States
We asked four experts — Carroll Bogert (human rights), Tom Burke (environment), Alan Wheatley (international economy) and Alex Nicoll (defense & security) — for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the U.S. presidential...
by Nelson Graves | 2 Nov 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Future of Democracy, Government, United States
This U.S. election is calling into question the post-war world order. Whoever wins will have to address grievances shared on both sides of the Atlantic. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York, 20...