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Hong Kong beneath the surface - just another big Chinese city

Economy Stephen S. Roach - July 26, 2026.

Hong Kong deserves credit for putting up a fight. In the nearly two and a half years since I expressed the apparently controversial opinion that...

Debt is determining the scope of Western defence

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 22, 2026.

The debt of developed countries is projected to reach a record 75.8 trillion dollars by the end of 2026. This year alone, it will increase...

How to oppose erasure of Tibet?

China Brahma Chellaney - July 10, 2026.

The self-immolation of exiled Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen outside United Nations headquarters in New York on July 2 was not an expression of personal despair. It...

Could the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Bill be a game-changer?

Politics Simon Johnson - Oleg Ustenko - August 3, 2026.

US President Donald Trump has long argued that he could easily end the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Unfortunately,...

The latest wave of Trump’s tariffs continues to harm America's economy

Economy Joseph E. Stiglitz - July 30, 2026.

Here he goes again. US President Donald Trump is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating international agreements that he himself signed and almost surely violating...

US nuclear exception for Riyadh

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 23, 2026.

On 22 July, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation and an accompanying bilateral safeguards agreement. The US Department...

States do not go broke; citizens do

Economy Emre Alkin - July 18, 2026.

Back in February 2025, I wrote an article titled “How Do Countries Fall into a Debt Spiral?” In that piece, I made a simple warning:...

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