What is America’s plan to lead in the 21st century? Without focus and strategic investment, the U.S. is at risk of losing in the game of global leadership – and facing a future where America does not occupy a dominant position.

While some observers are concerned by the fall of the Chinese currency, past experience offers a clear lesson: don’t panic.

China’s Middle Corridor aims to reincarnate an ancient nexus of power, culture, and commerce by promoting economic cooperation through Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Travelling along this key corridor, however, shows that its vision of promoting trans-Eurasian connectivity is still far from fruition.

By rejecting old theories and embracing competition among its cities, China is creating domestic demand that can fuel its future development.

What might happen to the Chinese fintech industry as a result of the growing trade conflict with the U.S.?

Newly-appointed Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has two realistic options: to further inflate the country’s Chinese debt, or to look to the International Monetary Fund for a bailout for the 15th time since the 1980s. Both options have serious drawbacks.

Many observers believe that the US is doing the rest of the world a huge favor by running chronic current-account deficits – namely, supporting the large surplus countries, which tend to suffer from a shortfall of domestic demand. Others, including me, are more critical of America’s long-standing penchant for excess consumption and the role that surplus economies play in enabling it.

A few short years ago, China and the United States appeared to be cooperating; today, the two are rivals in nearly every respect. What will become of this relationship, and how can existing international institutions and principles shape its future?

Because the US Dollar is the world’s reserve currency, economic turmoil makes people flock to it – even when that turmoil is created by America itself.

The US trade allegations against China are unsubstantiated by facts.