by Afshin Molavi | Aug 31, 2020 | Global Equities, NewPost, US Policy
What Pandemic? While global economies, most businesses, and entire industries are reeling from the multiple blows delivered by the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S stock market continues roaring to new heights.The S&P 500, the bellwether index that measures the...
by Afshin Molavi | Jun 30, 2020 | China Equities, Geopolitics, India Economy, NewPost
As Chinese and Indian troops were clashing in the Himalayas on June 16 in a brutal brawl leading to the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers, hundreds of millions of people across India were enjoying or downloading Chinese-based apps like TikTok and WeChat. No longer. In...
by Afshin Molavi | Jun 17, 2020 | Geopolitics, NewPost, South China Sea
While global headlines focus on the recent clash between Indian and Chinese military forces in a Himalayan border region, China has also flexed its muscles recently in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Beginning in mid-April, a Chinese survey ship accompanied...
by Afshin Molavi | May 22, 2020 | NewPost, Videos
I was delighted to join colleagues Raymond Karam (AGSIW), Steffen Hertog (LSE), Eman Al-Hussein (AGSIW), and Tariq Haq (ILO), deftly moderated by Robert Mogielnecki (AGSIW), for a discussion on GCC labor markets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic on May 20. The full...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 24, 2020 | Africa Business, Coronavirus/Covid-19, East Africa, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, Original Articles
Two recent articles on Sudan, one in the New York Times and the other in Asharq Al-Awsat, highlight the immense challenges faced by the East African country over the next year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the IMF, Sudan faces a 7.2% economic contraction...
