The danger is not collapse. The danger is normalization of stagnation. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thailand is running out of excuses that even it finds convincing. For years, underperformance could be blamed on bad luck: a weak global cycle, a shock to tourism, a pandemic, an export slowdown. Or it could be framed as a politics problem that would eventually ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has again called on compatriots to have more children while calling on authorities to help families increase the population amid crippling economic sanctions, high unemployment and staggering inflation rates. Inspired by the size of the population in China and India, Khamenei urged for advancing Iran’s national power by doubling its current population of 83 million ...