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The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025

Posted Dec 19, 2024| by Project Syndicate

As the world enters the second quarter of the twenty-first century, slow economic growth will remain the world’s most persistent challenge, transcending national borders and affecting developed and developing countries alike, suggests Dambisa Moyo in her article for Project Syndicate. Looking ahead, eight risks to... Read More

Jurisdiction in Cyberspace

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Sino-European Expert Working Group on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace

This report by the Sino-European Expert Working Group on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace examines the application of the law of state jurisdiction to cyberspace. Tsvetelina van Benthem, Joanna Kulesza, Ye Liu, and Nanxiang Sun highlight how international law empowers states to regulate... Read More

Is the World Trade Organization Still Relevant?

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 | in category: Improving global governance | by Peterson Institute for International Economics

There was a profound shift in U.S. foreign economic policy when it abandoned the promotion of a rules-based open international trading system and no longer supported the World Trade Organization (WTO). The United States and its allies created the current world trading system as an... Read More

The Dawn of Pivotal Powers in Artificial Intelligence

Posted on Dec 18, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by German Marshall Fund of the US

Pivotal AI powers seek to raise their geo-economic and geopolitical power by leveraging comparative advantages along specific points on the AI value chain. AI is likely to be among the elements that will influence the geopolitical balance of power in an emerging global order. Sharinee... Read More

Russian “Peace” in Practice: Life Under Russian Occupation in Ukraine

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Global Public Policy Institute

Russian occupiers of parts of Ukraine have advanced a policy to render cultural, economic and political occupation permanent. The longer occupation is allowed, the greater the integration of these territories into Russia – and the harder it becomes to reverse that, suggest Julia Friedrich and... Read More

Reforms Amid Great Expectations

Posted on Dec 18, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by International Monetary Fund

Sub-Saharan African countries are implementing diﬃcult and much needed reforms to restore macroeconomic stability, and while overall imbalances have started to narrow, the picture is varied. This IMF report includes focused notes addressing critical issues facing the region: the urgent need for job creation, the... Read More

Why Isn’t Europe Diversifying from China?

Posted on Dec 18, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Rhodium Group

Over the past seven years, the US and Japan have diversified their trade, sourcing, and investment away from China. The European Union has not, despite having derisking policies in place. In their article for the Rhodium Group, Agatha Kratz, Camille Boullenois and Jeremy Smith explain... Read More