... ties. The Western decoupling from China is accelerating across all dimensions of trade (goods, services, capital, labor, technology, data, and information). Other strategic rivals to the West may soon ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-11
... rises the Western democracies that have largely dominated the world economy since 1945. In 2020, the G7 accounted for over half of global net wealth and roughly half of world GDP, despite being home t ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-05
... up on the western side of the Dnipro River, supplied primarily over a big bridge, which long-range Ukrainian missile strikes recently rendered unusable. No supplies, ammunition, or fresh troops can re ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-04
... were the Western-run Chinese customs administration and the revenue-collection processes that Britain and France imposed on the Ottoman Empire under the Dette Ottomane (Ottoman Public Debt Administra ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-27
... y. In the western United States, the past two decades have been the driest in 1,200 years. Chile is in its 13th consecutive year of drought, and Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest city, is now being fo ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-26
... train the Western alliance and popular unity. The next six months will be critical, testing whether Europe can maneuver its way through the coming winter. In what Habeck called a “bitter” but “necessa ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-14
Rich Western industrialized countries appear to be caught in a time loop, with unexpectedly higher inflation bringing back not just memories of the 1970s but also that era’s policy debates and the pol ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-07
... from the Western-led sanctions on Russia. The ideal solution would be a global carbon price (or a carbon credit trading scheme if a tax proves impossible). In the US, however, the inflation-panicked ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-06
Four months into the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army continues to grind its way relentlessly through the Donbas region. Some Western commentators are calling for more weapons to be supplied fast ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-06
... ular with Western retirees, who enjoy the warm climate, low cost of living, availability of domestic help, widespread use of English in Bangkok and other large cities and high quality of private medic ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-05
... eanwhile, western producers have also been seeking alternative suppliers amid economic sanctions. Despite these supporting factors, iron ore prices have continued to be volatile in recent weeks, with ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-04
... 旗下的鎧俠和合作夥伴Western Digital斥近萬億日圓在日本中部建晶片廠，預定秋季開業，並將撥萬億日圓 ...全文
... ut, given Western banks’ own behavior as creditors in the developing world, the US and others are hardly in a position to point the finger. I could go on, but the point should be clear: If the US is g ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-20
... prevented Western governments from sending troops (though not equipment) to Ukraine. This outcome does not reflect any superior Russian nuclear capability; rather, it reflects the gap between Putin’s ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-17
