I got back from my trip to Asia late last week. Like all my trips abroad (well, except that one trip to Cancun, but lets not go there…), it was very eye-opening, and I am definitely very grateful for my fund’s cross-Pacific approach for giving me a chance to build a more international perspective on [...]
Its difficult to imagine America without “American exceptionalism” – that combination of “can-do” attitude, assurance of one’s own destiny, and cockiness that has characterized the “American” spirit. A recent Economist commentary elaborates: Greatness is part of America’s birthright and lexicon. Its 18th-century founders had no doubt that they were embarking on a daring experiment inspired [...]
The recent Economist piece on the situation in North Korea is simultaneously a good read and also incredibly depressing. From my read, the following chart is pretty much the “million dollar slide” which explains why the situation in North Korea is so grim: The figure highlights the bind that the US, South Korea, Japan, China, [...]
The Economist has an interesting article on the Kremlin’s latest push to modernize Russia’s economy and kick-start a wave of innovation which would supposedly lead to a “Russia with nuclear-powered spaceships and supercomputers.” Far-fetched as this premise sounded, the article raised many thought-provoking questions on whether or not (and how) Russia could hope to build [...]