globalisation

globalisation

People wait inside a Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, which has become the world's largest food and beverages chain by stores, store in New York City, US, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

New wave of Chinese globalisation favours physical presence over exports

The latest wave, which gathered momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic, reflects changing economic realities at home

Andrew Sheng (left), Xiao Geng (right). Sketch: TBS.

Economic development in an age of great-power competition

Illustration: TBS

How we went from Ramzan to Ramadan: Is it just a linguistic shift or much more?

Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg

World trade data begin to show early signs of 'reglobalisation'

Joseph S Nye Jr. Illustration: TBS

Is globalisation over?

Under the late-nineteenth-century gold standard, the global economy was viewed as a self-adjusting, self-equilibrating system in which stability was best achieved when governments did not interfere. Photo: Reuters

What's next for globalisation?

Chinese workers supported the West’s living standards while Chinese production decimated Western manufacturing jobs. This imbalance has fueled protectionism. Photo: Reuters

Globalisation's latest last stand

Open regionalization beckons.Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg

Unlocking globalisation's goldilocks formula

Sketch: TBS

Done with deglobalization?

Welcome to the scary, new inflationary world

Welcome to the scary, new inflationary world

Is globalisation coming to an end?

Is globalisation coming to an end?

General view of people walking past the World Economic Forum (WEF) logo during the forum in Davos, Switzerland May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Globalization's cheerleaders grasp for new buzzwords at Davos

BTS is adored everywhere, including Indonesia.Photographer: Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

Globalization Isn’t dead, it’s just not American anymore