“What if this is ‘as good as it gets’?” Jack Nicholson asks, as he walks through his psychiatrist’s waiting room in the eponymous film. At the recent meeting of G20 finance ministers meeting in Shangh ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
As China’s economy slows and growth in the developed world remains anemic, governments across Asia are working to keep their economies on an upward trajectory. In Sri Lanka, where I am Prime Minister, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
The phenomenal market volatility of the past year owes much to genuine risks and uncertainties about factors such as Chinese growth, European banks and the oil glut. For the first two months of this y ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
Referendums are all the rage in Europe. In June, British voters will decide whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union. The Hungarian government has called for a referendum on acce ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Donald Trump’s lead in the race for the Republican Party’s nomination as its US presidential candidate in November has caused consternation. The Republican establishment fears he will not be able to d ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global fin ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
President Barack Obama is preparing to embark on a historic visit to Cuba, making the future of the communist-ruled island the subject of widespread speculation. Some observers are hoping that the ong ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
Over the past two weeks, I have heard and read many questions, comments and news stories regarding recent changes to the government of the United Arab Emirates. Why, everyone seems to want to know, di ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
雖然英國是否繼續留在歐盟純粹是英國人民及其政府和議會的抉擇，但他們的最終決定所影響的範圍，卻遠遠超出英國和歐洲 ...全文
今日信報EJ Global信觀點Richard N. Haass2016年02月27日
The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in the past, many leaders in the region may be tempted to wait for prices ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
Developing countries are bracing for a major slowdown this year. According to the UN report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, their growth will average only 3.8 percent this year -- the low ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
When identifying threats to Himalayan ecosystems, China stands out. For years, the People’s Republic has been engaged in frenzied damming of rivers and unbridled exploitation of mineral wealth on the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
Over the past few decades, oil prices have fluctuated widely, ranging from US$10 to US$140 a barrel and posing a challenge to producers and consumers alike. For policymakers, however, these fluctuatio ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
With China, Russia, and the United States fine-tuning anti-satellite (ASAT) warfare capabilities, the third round of competition to “seize the high ground” of space is well under way. This round is di ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
For months now, China’s exchange-rate policy has been roiling global financial markets. More precisely, confusion about that policy has been roiling the markets. Chinese officials have done a poor job ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
The Red Sea has played a pivotal role in global trade for millennia. In the time of the pharaohs, it was at the heart of the global spice trade. Today, it is an essential global artery, feeding Wester ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
US politics has been captured by terrorists. In December, polls showed that one in six Americans, about 16 percent of the population, now identify terrorism as the most important national problem, up ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Since 2016 began, the prospect of a major devaluation of China’s renminbi has been hanging over global markets like the Sword of Damocles. No other source of policy uncertainty has been as destabilizi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
