Sameer Lalwani and Emily Tallo With voting underway in India’s general election, February’s Kashmir conflict is likely to weigh on the minds of voters, especially given last week’s social media uproar over the reported downing of a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during the crisis. The controversy flared up when a Foreign Policy
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What the data say about China and the global economy
•Short-term improvements don’t warrant long-term optimism. Mohamed A. El-Erian The slowing of the Chinese economy, along with growing evidence of European growth under pressure, cast a big cloud of uncertainty over the global economy coming into 2019. Data released last week provided further support for the notion of short-term stabilization in China,
Trade War: Over 70 percent of global economy facing various threats–IMF
A new scramble for Africa?
Five challenges that NATO must overcome to stay relevant
Fabrice Pothia At the grand old age of 70, NATO faces some of its most daunting challenges yet. Ignoring or papering over them risks reducing the Alliance to an institutional irrelevance, argues Fabrice Pothier. Despite all the twists and turns of our recent history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has reached its
War or peace? Understanding the grey zone
John Raine Much has been made of hybrid or 'grey zone' conflict between states in recent years. However, as John Raine argues, the ever widening list of actions viewed as belligerent only increases the likelihood of escalation. The long and costly clean up after the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal and the
Nigeria is cornering the market in extreme poverty–Bloomberg
•Only growth can defuse Nigeria’s poverty time bomb •In his first term, President Muhammadu Buhari left too much undone. In his second, he needs to be bold Editorial Board One of humanity’s most hopeful developments in recent decades has been the dramatic drop in extreme poverty. In 2000, some 1.4 billion people
China and Developing Countries: Managing Chinese Investments
China will not overtake the US economy anytime soon: Here’s why
Wes O’DonnellOver the past several decades, China has boasted exponential economic growth to one day become the manufacturing and exporting hub of the world. Western economists have watched the past 20 years with dismay as the Chinese economy’s annual GDP growth rate averaged 10%. The common consensus from Wall Street to
