As conflict intensifies in the Middle East, India's government attempts to juggle relations in the region.

The IMF needs to focus on China’s external account in its surveillance. The reported current account surplus appears to be significantly too low.

China's decline in economy and influence might indicate its unlikeliness to displace the United States as a leading global power in the foreseeable future. This development calls for a reevaluation o…

Gabon’s transitional government struggles to make the case for readmission into regional and global institutions.   

This blog post originated from a recent discussion by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin in the Winston Lord Roundtable Series on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy, where she debriefed the rece…

The rest of the world has a big stake in whether China responds to the demand drag from its construction and real estate slump with looser monetary policy or with direct stimulus to households.

The peg that shall not be named, and all the trouble that creates.

Any economy that saves 45 percent of GDP will tend to run a current account surplus, China included. Keeping its current account surplus down takes extraordinary (though largely off-budget) fiscal ef…