Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against Russia President Vladimir Putin in an “unprecedented insubordination,” says Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer.
Raymond Vickery of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says there’s been “continued progression” in the relationship between the United States and India.
Neil Thomas, a fellow in Chinese politics at the Asia Society Policy Institute, discusses German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, noting the differences in language that Scholz and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have used with China.
Benjamin Diokno, Philippine secretary of finance and former governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, discusses the areas of the economy that the country plans to develop, such as tourism, infrastructure and electric vehicles.
Carl Vine of Japan’s M&G Investments says consumers are more willing to accept price hikes and companies are much more proactive in thinking about price-setting mechanisms.
Reva Goujon, director of Rhodium Group, discusses what might be on the agenda ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing and says “expectations are low.”
Marcel Thieliant, head of Asia-Pacific at Capital Economics, says the worst is yet to come and he still expects that the U.S. will enter a recession later this year and growth in Europe will remain “extremely weak.”
Philipp Rosler, secretary general of Global Neighbours and former vice chancellor of Germany, says the China policy of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition lacks a “clear positioning.”
Marcos Troyjo, transformational leadership fellow at the University of Oxford and former deputy economy minister of Brazil, says China will have more of an “epicentric” role.
