China

China's biggest company — the utility giant State Grid — is the third most lucrative company globally, trailing only Walmart and Saudi Aramco.

On the Davos Promenade — the centre of social activities — the most prominent pavilions belong to Gulf countries and India. Meanwhile, China's sizeable delegation unnerves the US.

President-elect Lai will certainly be limited in his capacity to enact any major shift in the coming years. Meanwhile, Beijing's Taiwan policy has proven ineffective and may need a change of course.

China is still growing faster than the US, but economic parity will be much delayed

The number and value of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) grew steadily during the last decades. Seventy-three new sovereign wealth funds were established worldwide between 2010 and 2022. That is 23 more…

Mediation is not always an easy win and can carry downsides.

How successful was the Biden-Xi meeting in San Francisco? Some signs were telling.

In 2022 alone, 524 AI startups were founded in the US and 160 in China

There are fears in Egypt that new regional maritime projects will decrease Suez Canal's geostrategic relevance

Presidents Biden, focussed on security, and Xi, focussed on the economy, may strike an item or two from their to-do lists in San Francisco, but the a-la-carte agreement will have limited success.