The shift of economic power from the established Western economies and Japan towards the emerging economies in the East and South is set to continue.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a dominant mind-set existed in the West based on the belief that economic development through globalization would lead to a convergence towards liberal, political...

The African continent’s population is projected to reach 1.1 billion people by 2040 and will become the largest workforce globally. With its ‘Agenda 2063’, the African Union has...

China has grown from an emerging consumer market into a powerful and influential economy in recent years.

With the financial crisis in 2008-2009 the phase of hyperglobalisation peaked. Strategic autonomy, populist nationalism and systemic failures of globally highly interdependent supply chains led to a slowdown in the speed...

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