Why is Phnom Penh now willing to give the United States what it has been demanding for years? At a meeting on Feb. 24 with Ronald Clark, commanding general of the the U.S. Army Pacific, Cambodia’s military chief Vong Pisen made the most explicit call to date for restarting the bilateral “Angkor Sentinel” military drills that Phnom Penh had su

No single African country can effectively challenge structural trade imbalances alone The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could foster unity in trade negotiations and strengthen intra-African value chains and trade in intermediates and finished goods. That would help African countries reduce their dependency on external economic and po

South Africa’s total bilateral trade with China soared from US$1.34 billion in 2000 to US$34.18 billion in 2023. But because South Africa exports primarily raw materials to China, and imports mainly manufactured items, the upswing has been overshadowed by a persistent trade imbalance that favours China The surge in trade was driven by complementa

With a government committed to fiscal balance and a pro-market and pro-investment agenda, and the possibility of developing large investment projects in strategic sectors, the country could be on the verge of an economic take-off. For others, however, this stability is a mirage prior to a new crisis. Argentina has gone many times through stabilisat

Economic Constraints. The project’s estimated cost has already increased from $17 billion to potentially over $24 billion. Baghdad has been accused of failing to conduct an adequate feasibility study for the ambitious project, though the World Bank committed to delivering a study by February 2026, three years after the project was announced. Secu