The currency war and after

Behind the belligerent rhetoric against China over alleged unfair trade practices and slapping of mounting tariff on Chinese export to America, the spectre of a long-drawn-out war has been eclipsed. But that is a momentary illusion, given the continuity of American monetary policy through successive American administration to maintain dollar's...

Sidetracking unneighbourly sanctions

That there can be disagreement between allies is nothing new; pitting allies against one another was something the United States has risked without actually becoming involved. Strategically for all its brow-beating over Qatar help to Yemeni separatists, the US pinned more value on its big base there leaving Saudi Arabia...