A larger population and increased purchasing power have led to substantial growth in global demand for food in recent decades. While the contribution of agriculture to world GDP has, with very few exceptions (i.e., Ethiopia and Argentina), seen a constant decline, agrifood production has increased significantly since the end of…
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, one looks for new signs of hope, new options for managing the exposed vulnerabilities. Euromoney wrote recently that COVID-19 is giving the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) an opportunity to prove its value to the world. From his office in Beijing,…
[IT] La Malaysia è ormai un hub manifatturiero con eccellenze in settori ad alto contenuto tecnologico e si appresta a entrare tra i paesi ad alto reddito. Nel 2019 Banca Mondiale l’ha collocata in quindicesima posizione nella propria classifica Doing Business per la capacità dimostrata nell’agevolare l’attività economica. Riflesso di…
[IT] Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università di Torino) è intervenuto sul tema "Il mondo oltre il coronavirus. De-globalizzazione e Guerra Fredda 2.0?" nel corso di geopolitica "Fabula Mundi 2020", organizzato da ACLI Brescia.
“Pechino nei confronti degli Usa ha argomenti di forte pressione. La Cina non è solo la fabbrica del mondo, ma detiene quasi il completo monopolio dell’estrazione, al 70%, e della lavorazione, al 90%, delle terre rare e dei minerali criticI. Questi materiali, pur non essendo rari in assoluto, richiedono processi di estrazione complessi, costosissimi e altamente inquinanti che l’Occidente ha delegato alla Cina per decenni.”
Anna Caffarena is Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino and the Director of its Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She has served as the first President of the Torino World Affairs Institute.
Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi is Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. He is Head of T.wai's Indo-Pacific Program.
Pietro Masina is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and a Full Professor of International Political Economy, History and Institutions of East Asia at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”.
Prof. Giorgio Prodi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He serves as Vice President of T.wai, the Torino World Affairs Institute.