Connectivity and economic integration are the lifeblood of the European Union – they run through our veins. The EU is one of the world’s successful examples of regional integration and connectivity ...

Saudi Arabia stands on the cusp of a profound economic transformation. Spearheaded by its Vision 2030 strategy, this ambitious initiative aims to reduce the Kingdom's reliance on oil while ...

8 March 2024 - On 28 January 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger notified the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of their intention to withdraw from ECOWAS.

On this episode of The Long View, Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics and author, breaks down why he believes that the world is not deglobalizing, what he sees for the US and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Globalization continues—the widespread predictions of its death were wildly ...

ASEAN's drive towards regional economic integration includes developing a cross-border digital payment system for seamless financial transactions and promoting the use of local currencies, aiming to ...

A consensus is emerging that the world is cleaving into blocs—not only geopolitically but economically, too. In 2020, the economist Douglas Irwin wrote that “the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the world ...

Despite the global economy’s postpandemic resilience, economic disruption is likely from a myriad of transformative forces, such as climate change, geopolitical fragmentation, conflict, digitalization ...

Donald Trump's imposition of a tariff wall around the US economy is a major blow to global economic integration, as the United States moves towards economic decoupling from the Asia-Pacific region.

In a time where diplomacy and business must work hand-in-hand to shape inclusive and sustainable economies, the second edition of the Embassies Business Fair & Conference is set to return with greater ...