The Harvard Negotiation Project annually presents a “Great Negotiator Award’’ to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary…
Asia’s return to the center of world affairs is the great power shift of the 21st century. In 1750, Asia had roughly three-fifths of the…
Indonesia's financial sector has two paradoxes: (i) Indonesia has been a global leader in microfinance for the past 25 years, but access to…
I recently visited Japan and met with Prime Minister Noda, Foreign Minister Genba, and several Diet members, as well as business people and…
All of a sudden, the renminbi is being touted as the next big international currency. Just in the last year or two, the Chinese currency…
Just in the last year or two, the Chinese currency has begun to internationalize along a number of dimensions. A RMB bond market has grown…
While this year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, the worst since Chernobyl in 1986, was caused by the one-two punch of a huge…
China urbanization is associated with both increases in per capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This article uses micro data to…
In a much-publicized statement apparently aimed at China, during her recent visit to Africa U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned…
This paper identifies emerging trends in the world economy during the next decade. The first is that China will overtake the U.S. in terms…