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Leadership Challenges 2020: Japan’s unique social contract

While Japan has known prosperity and stability under the leadership of longtime Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it faces demographic challenges that will require difficult decisions. Social cohesion is of the highest importance for the Japanese and many see immigration as a threat, but the rapidly dwindling population will need to be boosted in the near future to avoid economic collapse.

With India ready for takeoff, Modi pauses over launch button
After his first 18 months in office, during which India’s economic prospects have brightened considerably, 2016 gives Prime Minister Narendra Modi a last window of opportunity for radical new policy initiatives. If he decides on a bold course, it would depart from the incremental approach that has characterized Mr. Modi’s ...


China’s demographic shift places nation at a crossroads
CHINA’S controversial one-child policy, originally introduced to alleviate food shortage problems and raise living standards, has received substantial support from citizens for the most part of the three decades it has been in place. Yet cracks are beginning to emerge from within. GIS guest expert Yuen Sin says signs point ...


Francois Hollande’s reforms fail to give French economy the kiss of life
French President Francois Hollande, the country’s most unpopular president in modern history, has introduced changes to cut red tape for business and workers. But while 100 changes have been made to the 400,000 ‘norms’ - the rules, regulations and directives – the vast majority remain, damaging entrepreneurial spirit and the ...

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