Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers’ focus on energy dependence as a ke ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-30
... me people went a step further by questioning Putin’s mental health. For example, James Clapper, the former US director of national intelligence, recently said he suspected Putin was “unhinged”. I woul ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-30
... and, and Sweden thrive. But who would guarantee this neutrality? In my view, the UN Security Council should do so, including by the deployment of an international peacekeeping force. Bringing China in ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-29
... e economy were forced to shut down. And although employment bounced back when the economy began to reopen, it nonetheless remained 7% below its pre-pandemic level. Getting back that remaining 7% was a ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-29
... y great-power conflict, countries will have to rethink their approach to development. There was a time when development economists focused primarily on growth. Rapid economic expansion, it was believe ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-28
Over the next weeks, the directors of three Chinese automakers -- Geely, Great Wall and Cherry -- must take a decision that could decide the future of their companies. Following Vladimir Putin’s invas ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-28
The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic evidence of the lethal consequences of climate change, and ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-25
... ’s soft power is more effective than the hard power of the United States. It was an easy argument to make under former US President Donald Trump, whose administration was a caricature of foreign-polic ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-25
... ect from, well, Asian parents. Her husband, on the othe ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年03月25日
... ect from, well, Asian parents. Her husband, on the other hand, is a meek and docile partner – an apt nod to the welcome subversion of gender tropes in our contemporary era, and a reminder that norms o ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-24
... d in many weapons systems. Policy collaboration in the semiconductor sector can and should extend beyond the sanctions. There are many promising opportunities for collaboration among the economies tha ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-24
... 大團隊的研究發現： We estimated that the ban on dine-in services ...全文
... e ravaged West Asia and North Africa. Rising sea levels are threatening many island states and low-lying countries. Catastrophic flooding has inundated parts of Europe and China. And wildfires have to ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-22
... cooling towers; capturing used ultrapure water; re-using aircon water; recycling rainwater; and channelling water into a renewal plant. Solar Although solar power is a key green energy source, keeping ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-22
... world are we living in that countenances the unprovoked unleashing of unbridled savagery against a peaceful, civilised European state? Why am I surprised when no-one went to the aid of the Syrian peop ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-21
... prises. However, the long-term economic and I&T development are also crucial for our future competitiveness. I have following four questions in mind and would like to discuss with readers: 1) Wher ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-21
It is now well known that SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade vaccine protection against infection. The Omicron variants – BA.1, B1.1, and BA.2 – can infect those who were previously infected by other vari ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-21
Every year since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – founded by Albert Einstein and scientists from the Manhattan Project who helped develop the atomic weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-18
... revealed weaknesses in the architecture of international rules and multilateral governance. It is hard to believe that global environmental efforts have any chance of succeeding within such a fragile ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-18
