Our root cause analysis of China’s economic growth is wrong. Even though China is a one-party authoritarian State, it is far more decentralised than India.
Barry Naughton, economist & expert on China, talks about the challenges of the nation's post-Covid economy & its new focus on 'construction of modernised industrialised system'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Biggest problem is democracy. Politicians have to first protect their chair before welfare of citizens. In china they don’t have to deal with it.