Imagine it is 2020. The director of the CIA requests an urgent meeting with the US president. Reason: North Korea has succeeded in making a nuclear bomb small enough to fit inside the tip of an interc ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
The early returns on Brexit are in, and contrary to what some have been claiming, they’re not good. In July, following the referendum, consumer confidence collapsed at its most rapid rate since 1990. ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-14
Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died, about 10 million Syrians have been displaced, Europe has been convulsed ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
Britain's new prime minister, Theresa May, has a monumental task ahead of her: fulfilling British – or, more accurately, English and Welsh – voters' demand to "Brexit" the European Union, and managing ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
China’s transformation from a manufacturing-driven and export-led economy to one underpinned by services and domestic consumption is firmly under way. And that’s good news not just for China but also ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
The world’s population is getting bigger – and older. With the elderly increasingly close to outnumbering their younger counterparts – by 2050, there will be nearly three times more people aged 65 and ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
Every September, many of the world’s presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers descend on New York City for a few days. They come to mark the start of the annual session of the United Nations ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
The Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are well underway, and as much as I would like to sit back and watch every hour of them (I admit, I snuck a peek of the wondrous Kohei Uchimura competing for ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
South Korea is moving forward with plans to host an advanced missile defense system, known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), in partnership with the United States. The decision by South ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
In its May 2010 Global Survey, McKinsey & Co. reported that, “the core drivers of globalization are alive and well”. In an April 2014 report, the firm went further, declaring that “to be unconnect ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
If you ever lose faith in the power of hope, not to mention the importance of never giving up, remind yourself of the story of Mohammed Kosha. A 16-year-old Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, Mohammed ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
Much has been written about Donald Trump’s peculiar hairstyle, the kind of puffy, dyed comb-over one would associate with a downmarket nightclub manager rather than a presidential candidate. Is there ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
"Brexit means Brexit," Theresa May, the United Kingdom's new prime minister, insists. It is a simple and powerful slogan that sends an unmistakable message to all who have been hoping for a reevaluati ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
The market reaction to the Brexit shock has been mild compared with two other recent episodes of global financial volatility -- the summer of 2015 (after fears of a Chinese hard landing) and the first ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
Global markets have breathed a sigh of relief. Following the shock of the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union, GDP data indicate that China's economy seems to have escaped a slump, with a ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
A day seldom passes without articles appearing in the financial press pondering why interest rates have remained so low for so long. This is one of those articles. So let’s start by clarifying whose a ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
The recent failed coup attempt in Turkey highlights the country’s continuing vulnerability to military takeover. But it also reveals a newly developed – and highly potent – asset, one that Turkey’s ne ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
The Brexit vote has smashed much of the infrastructure of Britain's economic and political relations with Europe and the world. Those who campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
In the sad state of affairs following the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, former “Remainers” – those who wished to stay in the European Union – seem to have given up altogether on fighting for the ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
Once again, young people have gotten the short end of the political stick. The outcome of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum is but another reminder of a yawning generational divide that cuts acro ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
