Robin Hu is Asia Chairman Emeritus of the global think tank Milken Institute. He is also an Advisor Senior Director at the Singapore government-owned global investment firm Temasek International. He writes for the Hinrich Foundation
The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention. The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic
Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic assessment by Oxford Economics, which estimates that illegal products accounted for 20% of the market despite
A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month,
More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations
The world still has trade rules, but it increasingly lacks an enforcement mechanism that works fast enough to discipline temporary pressures before they harden into permanent structural outcomes that hobble the global
More
