Tariffs are going to marginalize US in world trade: Global Minds Roundtable (2025)
US tariffs continue to rise, altering Washington’s trade ties with its competitors, allies and neighbors alike. Can these tariffs really make the US “rich again,”...read more→
Marx’s Critical Political Economy, “Marxist Economics” and Actually Occurring Revolutions against Capitalism(2020)
‘Marx’s Critical Political Economy, “Marxist Economics” and Actually Occurring Revolutions against Capitalism’, Special Issue of Third World Quarterly on Revolutions edited by Radhika Desai and...read more→
Marx’s Geopolitical Economy: “The Relations of Producing Nations” (2021)
‘Marx’s Geopolitical Economy: “The Relations of Producing Nations”’ Capital and Class DOI: 10.1177/03098168211017433 Abstract This short article explores the conception of the international relations of...read more→
Introduction: Japan’s secular stagnation and the American mirror (2022)
‘Introduction: Japan’s Secular Stagnation in the US Mirror’, Introduction to Japan’s Secular Stagnation, Special Issue of The Japanese Political Economy, co-edited with Makoto Itoh Abstract...read more→
Trudeau’s Fall (2025)
Canadians had been calling for him to go since 2021. Members of his own party had joined them by early 2024. In September, realising it...read more→
Trudeau’s Fall (2025)
Canadians had been calling for him to go since 2021. Members of his own party had joined them by early 2024. In September, realising it...read more→
Will Trump break world’s faith in US dollar? (2025)
US President-elect Donald Trump has been treating the world to a “shock and awe” torrent of economic threats: tariffs on allies as well as adversaries;...read more→
Canadian and Western sanctions and their ‘democratic’ mess (2024)
China’s recently-announced sanctions against two Canadian organizations, the “Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project” and “Canada-Tibet Committee,” are countermeasures. Unlike the West, China does not impose illegal unilateral sanctions....read more→
How sanctions and trade wars are backfiring on the US
As the post-WWII economic institutions crumble amid sanctions, populism, and global conflicts, a new multipolar world is emerging. The global South, led by nations like...read more→
Defending Free Speech and Academic Freedom on Our Campuses
As censorship in the west intensifies and hardens, I explore what is happening, why and how it is happening, what its effects and what we...read more→