International

Chinese and Western firms want to capture the growing global demand for surveillance/security technology

The failed talks between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank highlight both the perils and promise of combining

Demographic trends will increasingly influence a country’s potential growth and the policy mix it requires

The world relies on China's rare earths, sparing them from US tariffs, but efforts to lessen the dependence are halting

Social media efforts to prevent foreign election interference may already be obsolete

Lower capital spending by manufacturers in the current economic slowdown may hold back industrial transformation

Non-Chinese suppliers are taking advantage of Huawei’s reputational problems to capture the 5G market

Interest in measuring wellbeing as well as GDP is rising, and massive online choice surveys will grow worldwide