If the U.K. is to recover, a dramatic change is needed, and that should start with binning the ‘post-Boris Johnson’ consensus of nationalism, populism, and geopolitical adventurism, all of which have dealt significant damage to the country’s place in the world.
The United States ultimately opposes the idea of other countries integrating for common prosperity and strives to create fractures through the promulgation of geopolitical conflict in order to sustain its dominance.
Sri Lanka’s positive reception of Beijing’s debt sustainability support, and a history of partnering together for stability, illustrate the hallmarks of a truly resilient partnership, one that will only grow stronger and translates into a model to follow for relevant parties and international financial institutions.
Further prudence is an exercise in expanding growth and sends a powerful message to major trading partners that opportunities for cooperation are significant.
The countries of the world must work together to preserve rule-based free trade order and protect it from those who seek to destroy it, which ultimately means engaging with China and resisting coercion to follow U.S. unilateralism.
As the U.S. puts more distance between WTO trade principles and its protectionist policies against overseas markets, China strives to promote organizational impartiality by recognizing the value of reform to all-out Sustainable Development Agenda progress.
The current deadlock on Iran’s nuclear issue should be attributed primarily, if not exclusively, to U.S. domestic problems.
As many teachers and students realize the potential of online tools in terms of enriching the learning process and their outcomes during the pandemic, these tools should certainly be maintained and even deepened when teaching returns to a face-to-face format.
With evidence suggesting a likely global recession this year, the case against protectionism and unilateralism is clear: It is in the interest of China and the world at large.
Having adjusted its pandemic approach, the country has successfully pivoted beyond pandemic prevention and control measures so that it can once again focus on reattaining economic growth.
The current state of American democracy is increasingly contentious, bitter, and divided.
Given the events of last year, in many aspects, there is ‘no going back,’ and one can only hope cool heads will prevail.
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