China’s Massive, Sprawling Data Ecosystem

In the West, policy makers worry that China’s state-led model threatens entire technology supply chains — and for good reason. The country’s industrial policies have been groundbreaking but also opaque.

Daniel Araya writes that what is clear is that China is becoming the main technology supplier to markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, providing desperately needed infrastructure and connectivity around the world. As China’s technology empire continues to rise, a new global order is rising with it.

Among the many requirements a member country must meet before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lend it money, none is more important than the “lending in arrears” policy. Yet, as Gregory Makoff writes, only a few specialists understand how it works, and the IMF itself has trouble speaking clearly on the topic.

With this policy brief, Makoff overviews the IMF’s lending into arrears policy, its historical origin, the contention over its use during Argentina’s 2005 debt restructuring and its recent amendment.

The internationally recognized freedoms of expression and assembly reflect only part of how we engage online. Chris Riley says the missing third leg of the internet freedom stool is the “freedom to collaborate,” to contribute, and react to, others’ contributions.

Recognizing the right to collaborate as a new distinct right would complement the freedoms of expression and assembly in practice and help to shape the development of legislative and regulatory exercises, with the objective of preserving the unique togetherness characteristic of the internet.

As Russia’s war in Ukraine crosses its six-month mark, and China steadily ramps up its rhetoric and pressure following a visit to the Indo-Pacific by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, countries such as Canada face important questions: How does one protect and promote a strained international rules-based order?

Akshay Singh argues that Canada should view these developments as an opportunity to engage with other like-minded middle powers and help shape new international institutions while pushing back against authoritarianism.