In the aftermath of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement, the global nuclear energy sector has had the busiest year in almost three decades. Sixty reactors are under construction around the world, most of them in Asia. China, India, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, and Russia currently dominate the Asian nuclear construction […]
As the new United States administration prepares for its’ first Heads of State summit with China it will be very important for America’s close allies in Asia that President Trump addresses territorial, security, and human rights issues in East Asia with President Xi Jinping. First and foremost is the issue of the administration in […]
As regional conflicts continue to escalate in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and East Asia, investments in military and security budgets around the world are growing. For example, the new US administration recently proposed a 10% increase ($54 billion) in its military budget, already the largest in the world. The Stockholm International Peace Research […]
Since the election of Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, stock markets in the United States have added over $2 trillion of market capitalization and are hitting new all-time records. The market capitalization of the benchmark index, S&P 500, has exceeded $20 trillion in the two months since the election for the first time in […]
In a stunning development last week, Toshiba was forced to abandon an earnings disclosure due to difficulties in accounting for a U.S. acquisition made in 2015 by its nuclear subsidiary, Westinghouse, in the United States. Toshiba’s unaudited financial statements at the end of the third quarter may now show negative equity underlining the extreme […]
