Asia's Game of Thrones
Can China Buy Off the Philippines?

Money talks.

Great Success
Central Bankers Embrace Pound, Dump Euro

With Brexit invoked, central bankers see sterling as a better long-term bet.

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Time to Re-Engage
Middle Kingdom Meets Middle East

China’s enhanced Middle East profile sends an important message to the Trump Administration about America’s role in the region.

markets
Where Have All the Public Companies Gone?

For reasons no one fully understands, fewer and fewer American companies are selling their stocks to the public.

Blame Game
The EU Casts Stones From Its Glass House

Brussels wants to blame the US for backsliding on climate commitments, but perhaps it should focus on what’s happening closer to home.

From Buenos Aires
Global Immigration, Then and Now

A visit to “Argentina’s Ellis Island” is a reminder that two major waves of immigration—in the early 20th century and now—were global movements.

Fuzzy Math
Chinese Polluters Still Fudging the Numbers

How’s that for global green leadership?

The Virtues of Ignorance
Pumphrett and the Tangled Web

Volume six of The Pumphrett Papers.

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Israel-Palestine
Trump and the Promised Land

Paradoxically, Trump may prove to be the President who is willing to exert unprecedented pressure on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Future Learning
A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption

Don’t Panic.

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