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This article illustrates the perils of government-led investment abroad, and shows the limits of goodwill that such investment can purchase (especially when that investment takes the form of loans). I have increasingly seen articles describing African resentment of Chinese investment as a form...

My friend, for future reference: while I would be honored to stand among them, I am not Israeli (which is why I didn't reply in that other thread). I hold no other citizenship than American, but it's no secret that I'm pro-Israel. If you would like my opinion, though, I agree with the decision...

Are you certain about this?. Japan's anti-corruption stance is relatively new, and still doesn't approach the breadth and reach of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which affects US nationals both at home and abroad, and also foreign nationals in the US. To illustrate...

No, no. Greed is good. The 80s was the best decade ever. Reagan, the Cold War and its demise, the music... and let's not forget all of the great leveraged buyouts.

Don't forget @TaiShang .

I wish I could agree with you, but what about China's String of Pearls strategy? It's already happening, so it's not unreasonable for it to continue elsewhere, this time with some added economic inducements.

I've been struggling to understand the harm in the creation of these new institutions, or why the US would pressure allies not to join. The best I can come up with is an analysis I read a day or two ago, that the fear is that China will lend money to various emerging markets through these...

Err... Softbank. Ironically, founded by a Zainichi Korean. (Peoplesoft was a CRM company that Oracle acquired a decade ago). What is the prospect of Japan exporting defense equipment to Malaysia?

While I share the hope of the majority of Americans posting here, I am also forced to share @Peter C 's cynicism. The article is exceptionally vague about the most critical issues, calling into question what, exactly, this "new model" entails. This is the current reality, now let's examine...

It's unclear what Russia hopes to achieve with this move. Russia of course will slightly decrease Apple's gargantuan profits, but it will also harm Foxconn's operations in China (and thus China's export statistics). Not to mention the Russian consumers who like Apple products, and will now...

Thanks, @tonyget . This is an interesting chicken-or-egg problem. Does growing trust between the US and China enable this deal to be struck, or is the hope that by striking such a deal, we can develop better relations? I've seen several articles on this, and none of the journalists have...

You raise some fair points. The United States likes to have allies because it provides political cover for its actions, but we have already seen that even when it cannot get the agreement of its allies, it has acted unilaterally. Indeed, after the Korean War, the military contributions of...

Excellent article, if a bit pompous ("contradistinction"? Come on). Here is the key point: It's striking that by all appearances, Islam cannot withstand skepticism; I admit to no profound theological understanding of Islam, but the repeated and loud statement that "Islam is perfect" by the...

I've been arguing for some time that this was an opportunistic deal for China, not one that was critical for it. China and Russia had been negotiating for years on price, and it's not coincidence that suddenly there was movement in the deal in the wake of the Crimea sanctions. It's not...

@WebMaster I am sure you have already looked at similar solutions, but would something like this be helpful in addressing the underlying problem of hotlinking? Import External Images - vBulletin.org Forum

That gave me a good laugh. As with all good jokes, there is a kernel of truth in it. The description of American capitalism reminds me of a Goldman Sachs joke when they were still masters of the universe: Billy went to Texas and purchased from a farmer a donkey, for the price of $100. The...

Thanks for connecting some of the dots for me. I wonder if you could complete the puzzle by assessing the following issues: 1) Given the devastating effects such a blockade would have on all of the world's major economies, what do you assess is the likelihood that such a tactic would be...

And here's a slightly different look at the effect of a poor demographic outlook on GDP growth in the emerging markets. --- http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/11/10/moodys-emerging-markets-face-demographic-challenges/ Moody’s: EMs face demographic challenges Robin Wigglesworth Author...

Sorry to see this thread die without my regular involvement. Dear PDF users: please feel free to post, it doesn't have to be financial or economic in nature, as this is also a geopolitical thread. The emerging and frontier markets are too important and too interesting to pass over without...

Ah, but there's the trap. We know it now, but what if the functionality changes yet again behind the scenes? Then we will think we know, when in fact we don't--the elusive unknown unknown.