Commentary / World Dec 2, 2016
The Park scandal and the fight for Seoul's soul
What is going in South Korea is a clash between a society moving forward and a government creeping backward.
What is going in South Korea is a clash between a society moving forward and a government creeping backward.
Unless inventive, aggressive companies are around to do something productive with the cheap cash the BOJ is generating, policymakers will never be able to jump-start the economy.
The "victim" historical narrative propagated by Beijing may be politically convenient at the moment, but it ultimately threatens to undermine China's rise.
A fractured EU will be less able to serve as a check to Beijing's growing challenge to the West's cherished institutions and ideals.