How China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy is giving a polish to gold
Gold has mostly traded sideways since the start of the year, and the usual negative correlation between higher U.S. Treasury yields and lower gold prices ...
Opinion
Will the U.S. finally make the pivot to Asia?
Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy is essentially an exercise in public diplomacy, while Trump's strategic framework was formulated to advance a policy of a “free and open ...
The fates of Ukraine and Taiwan aren’t necessarily linked
Despite some similarities, the issues facing Ukraine and Taiwan are mostly different and the two will likely not suffer the same fate.
Investments in health systems will protect human security now — and into the future
COVID-19 has exposed the deep inequities and weaknesses in the global health system.
Deriding women’s complaints on equal pay is costly
What should the corporate world take from this judgment? A well-run business should be able to investigate claims of pay discrimination by women and resolve ...
The risk of nuclear disaster in Ukraine
A potential Russian invasion of Ukraine raises questions about the country's 15 nuclear reactors and the dangers they pose in case of a war.
How to stop a Ukraine war before it starts
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently told the U.N. that the U.S. is releasing its information on a possible Russian invasion “not to start ...
Envisioning governance 4.0
Most people tend to view history as a series of big, earthquake-like events. But the degradation of global governance was mostly a case of gradual ...
Future proofing the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing and Tokyo
The most obvious future-proofing strategy is to spread the Olympic Games in any one year to multiple venues, much as a company enhances resilience by ...
America is focusing on the wrong enemy
U.S. President Joe Biden is treating a “rogue” Russia as a peer competitor, when he should be focused on the challenge from America’s actual peer, ...