Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Mayor Mamdani’s progressive movement collides with Silicon Valley as executive orders rewrite the rules of American capitalism NEW YORK — When Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s mayor on January 1, 2026, declaring “I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic…
The world’s second-largest economy faces a reckoning that no amount of information control can erase The construction cranes stand frozen against Shanghai’s skyline like monuments to excess. In Guangzhou, half-finished apartment towers cast long shadows over streets where homebuyers once lined up with cash deposits. Across China’s tier-two and tier-three cities, the evidence is impossible…
The world stands at an inflection point. As 2026 unfolds, the post-Cold War order that shaped global affairs for three decades is giving way to something fundamentally different. This isn’t just another year of geopolitical tensions—it’s the moment when the emerging world order crystallizes into recognizable contours, reshaping how businesses operate, how nations interact, and…
The city-state’s banking giants are rewriting their revenue playbook as traditional profit engines sputter—here’s what investors need to know When DBS CEO announced Q3 2025 results with wealth management fees surging 20% year-over-year, the stock dropped 4%. Welcome to the new reality for Singapore banking: spectacular growth in one revenue stream can’t quite compensate for…
Introduction: The $50 Trillion Question In early 2025, Apple shifted 14% of its iPhone production from China to India. Samsung announced a $20 billion semiconductor facility in Vietnam. Japanese automakers accelerated partnerships with Indonesian battery manufacturers. These aren’t isolated decisions—they’re symptoms of a tectonic shift reshaping the world’s most dynamic economic region. Asia’s collective GDP…
How Beijing’s quality-over-quantity doctrine signals the most consequential restructuring of the world’s second-largest economy in a generation On the final day of 2025, as the world prepared to usher in a new year, President Xi Jinping announced China’s economy would reach its growth target of around 5% for 2025, reaching approximately 140 trillion yuan ($20…
In September 2025, ASEAN’s goods exports to the United States surged 23% compared to the same period in 2024, representing an extraordinary $70 billion in additional annualized exports. Factory floors across Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand hum with unprecedented activity. Shipping containers stack higher at ports from Jakarta to Bangkok. By virtually every traditional metric, Southeast…
The impact of Trump’s tariffs on prices is projected to peak in the first half of the year, but the $5 trillion tax stimulus may propel growth despite short-term inflationary pressures When Sarah Chen opened the invoice for her Chicago manufacturing firm’s imported steel components in March 2025, the numbers told a story playing out…
Three years into his premiership, Anwar Ibrahim’s Malaysia faces a critical divergence—robust GDP expansion is buying time for reforms that remain frustratingly incomplete On a humid November afternoon in Kuala Lumpur, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stood before cameras to announce Malaysia’s third-quarter 2025 GDP growth: a robust 5.2 percent, placing the country on…
Economists dramatically upgrade 2025 forecast from 2.4% to 4.1% as semiconductor boom rewrites the growth playbook—but can the Lion City sustain momentum through 2026’s headwinds? December 2025 — When 20 leading economists gathered for the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s December survey, their revised numbers told a story that few saw coming six months ago. Singapore’s…
