Morocco: Africa’s First Tiger Economy?
What Even is a Tiger Economy?
In the second half of the 20th century a cohort of East Asian countries managed to transform from underdeveloped...
What Can Pickleball Tell Us About the American Economy?
Once featuring rock ’n’ roll, jeans, and McDonald’s, today’s American culture is proudly represented by… pickleball. This intersection of tennis, badminton, and ping pong...
The Northern Sea Route: Strategic Corridor or False Promise?
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is the shipping corridor running along Russia's Arctic coast, linking the Kara Sea in the west with the Bering...
Silk Road to Belt and Road: Understanding Chinese Engagement in Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz Republic gained independence in 1991. However, as the country is nestled firmly in the centre of Eurasia, its cities and people have...
The Shadow Economies of Exploitation: Human Trafficking and State Capacity in the Indo-Pacific
Human trafficking is not only a major human rights crisis, but also an economic storm that undermines wages, governments, and the region’s economic order....
How North Korean Women Broke the Command Economy
When Rüdiger Frank visited North Korea, he expected to see surreal images of xenophobia and nationalist pride that the regime’s tightly controlled media showed...
China’s Rare Earth Elements Trade Policies
Rare earth elements (REE) have been a key subject of geopolitics in recent years, and in 2025, they are a more pressing topic than...
Financial Inclusion: Islamic Banking in East Africa
Despite rapid globalisation, roughly half of the world’s adult population still lives outside the formal banking system. For some, the obstacles are practical: limited...
Independent Money
From the start of his second administration, American President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through global financial markets and the community of economists by taking...
The Inevitable Rise of China? Unpacking the Limits of the Chinese Growth Model
Over the past few decades, China’s economic transformation has been miraculous. The country has risen from dire poverty to become the world’s second-largest economy,...
