41. The US is back in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... region and to improve security, heighten prosperity, and promote our values”.  As Clinton said, “we know that much of the history of the 21st century will be written in Asia”.   “And yet, deep-seated ...

42. Leadership in North East Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... in Europe.   Things began to change from the 18th century.  China was by then ruled by the Manchus (Qing dynasty).  In the 19th century, China fell into disarray through mismanagement and internal ...

43. The old world’s ageing companies
(Panorama/Investment)

... 14 per cent being born in the last quarter of the 20th century, mainly in the high-tech sectors and low/mid-tech services.   Some 78 per cent of Europe’s corporate champions date from before the First ...

44. Japan’s messy migration policies
(Panorama/Migration)

... first half of the 20th century, private migration companies began to handle Japanese emigration.  Emerging restrictions on Japanese migration to the US and Canada coincided with an increased demand for ...

45. Urbanization and labor markets in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

...    How does urbanization get started?  Professor Richard Baldwin’s theory of the “great unbundlings” provides some insights.  Until mid-18th century, with exception of a few cities, every region in ...

46. Innovation Today
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

...    Some innovations bring risks such as innovative financial products today and trains that crashed too frequently in the 19th century.  The appropriate response is to reduce and manage those risks ...

47. An Asian Century?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

The rapid rise of Asia over the past half century has been one of the world's most successful stories of economic development.  But can Asia continue the good work, and fully realize the potential of an ...

48. OECD and Asia: I
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... of 21st century globalization.  This is the introduction to a series of articles on the OECD and Asia which seeks to understand why this is the case, and encourages a rapprochement between these two ...

49. OECD and Asia II
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

OECD and Asia: Introduction When the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was created half a century ago in 1961, its members including Japan (which in fact became a member in ...

50. OECD and Asia: III
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... political issue.  The politics of membership have evolved over the past half century which means that there is not one coherent logic for the choice of OECD's members.  But one clear thread runs through ...