Opinion: Economic isolation of China increases risk of a Taiwan invasion
A series of headlines in the recent weeks summarise what has been for several years now a growing reality: international…
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Will Meloni’s election victory usher in an anti-FDI era for Italy?
Giorgia Meloni of the far-right party Brothers of Italy has been elected as the country’s next prime minister and will…
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Opinion: Winter Olympics show of force foreshadows China’s 2022
China’s burning desire, that of a world order not dominated by ‘the West’, might as well have been plastered on…
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An olive branch or Trump Mk II: How have US global relations changed under Biden?
When Joe Biden was sworn into the presidency on the west front of the US Capitol in Washington on 20…
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Top FDI locations continue to tighten their screening regulations
Against the backdrop of growing trade protectionism, foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation has become increasingly prevalent. Restrictions have been on…
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Hyperinflation, political instability, falling FDI: Argentina’s crying shame
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez (L) delivers a speech next to Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner while presenting a bill…
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Brazil remains in investment limbo as all eyes focus on 2022 elections
[caption id="attachment_63448" align="alignnone" width="658"] President Jair Bolsonaro looks set to take on Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's 2022…
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Weekly data: Why is Covax failing?
[caption id="attachment_59779" align="alignnone" width="658"] Some Covax supplies are getting through, but in quantities far smaller than had originally been targeted.…
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Opinion: Globalisation has saved the world. Now it must repeat the trick.
[caption id="attachment_49669" align="alignnone" width="658"] A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya, but…
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Freedom of movement could unlock Africa’s rich potential
[caption id="attachment_42605" align="alignnone" width="658"] A checkpoint near the Mali-Mauritania border. Freedom of movement is holding Africa back, but will the…
