The Globalist

Singapore faces a Catch-22: Its well-honed system of leadership renewal relying on capable technocratic candidates is reaching its limits.

A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring the Hong Kong protests.

Why we must defend Hong Kong’s freedom like West Berlin’s in its day.

The current protests show that Hong Kongers aren’t just interested in money, and mainland elites worry that Hong Kong won’t remain a separate territory where they can safely store their money.

A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring what China leads the world in.

For the first time since Mao passed away in 1976, China does not expect tomorrow to be better than today.

COVID 19 will change trade relations among Asian countries themselves, as well as between the U.S. and Asia.

Social cohesion will be critical in this new world of the COVID 19 crisis. Asia’s case proves that social cohesion is Janus-faced, working in two opposite directions.

The relentless horse trading among Malay politicians has not only undone the result of the 2018 election, but seemingly put an end to a genuinely multi-ethnic coalition.

Beyond the constant strife with the U.S., China’s assertion of global powers runs into increasing resistance even by normally acquiescent Asian nations.