Hong Kong and Taiwan preview China’s future
Joseph Bosco
The people of Hong Kong have demonstrated dramatically — and until Monday, nonviolently — that they reject Beijing’s heavy-handed tactics in eroding the...
Funding research is essential
FRASER MOONEY
With the 2020 presidential race heating up, candidates are condemning gun violence as a “national epidemic” and “public health emergency.” This should come...
Why cryptocurrencies are facing an uncertain future
The cryptocurrency industry's leader, Bitcoin, has been on an upward journey this year, gaining a massive 188.62 per cent year-to-date. But the road looks...
The IMF: buyers beware
Shahrukh Rafi Khan
THIS short essay makes four points. First, the IMF serves global capital (finance and multinational corporations (MNCs)) by creating opportunities for it....
Bank stress tests need to be more stressful
LONDON: This week, the Federal Reserve will release results from its most recent round of stress tests, in which it subjected the country’s largest...
The West’s insecurities in Sino-US tech war
Zhang Jingwei
While China’s high-tech industry does not necessarily pose a threat to the United States, Huawei’s fifth-generation (5G) technology and equipment have left the...
US commission needed for Indo-Pacific strategy
Kent Wang
In July 2018, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced $113 million for new economic and energy initiatives to flesh out the administration’s...
Cyber security: a complex behaviour problem?
BIJU DOMINIC
The wars of the 21st century will be to capture, manipulate or destroy others’ data. Digital systems powering organizations and nations around the...
Compliance will kill the bank
I was talking with a banker at a recent conference, and was surprised by his attitude. He’s not worried about Amazon, Google or Alibaba;...
Across Trump’s America, the grassroots are growing radical
DD GUTTENPLAN
Depending on which media you consume, Donald Trump will either leave office in handcuffs – or coast to a second term. Making sense...