Qaisar Nawab

Open-weight artificial intelligence could give developing countries a rare opportunity to narrow the technological gap with richer economies. But access to AI models is only the beginning; infrastructure, skills, institutions and local innovation will determine whether that opportunity becomes real economic development.

On September 16, the US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing the target range to 3.75–4 per cent....

Once Upon a Time in the Middle East offers a Chinese perspective on the Iraq War, exploring conflict, humanity, local voices and postwar reconstruction.

The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are vital to global trade, energy and food security. Explore how maritime disruptions affect fertilizer prices, supply chains, developing economies and the Global South.

America’s agricultural crisis is increasingly linked to volatile energy prices, rising diesel and fertilizer costs, biofuel demand and geopolitical tensions. Explore how energy shocks are affecting U.S. farmers, corn and soybean production, food prices, agricultural exports and rural livelihoods and why energy security is becoming essential to America’s food security.

The Strait of Hormuz has emerged as the world’s most dangerous economic chokepoint, where geopolitics and global energy security collide. A very few locations carry...

Trade Policy in a New Legal Era The global trade system was shaken recently by a major legal decision from the United States Supreme Court,...

For nearly three decades following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the international system was defined by a singular, overwhelming reality: American unipolarity. It...

Amidst global economic uncertainties, China has set an ambitious course for 2025, reaffirming its position as a stabilizing force in the world economy. With...

China’s annual legislative session, the National People's Congress (NPC), convened on March 5, 2025, where Premier Li Qiang delivered the Government Work Report outlining...