Programs
How China’s Banks Work: A Prism for Understanding China
September 3, 2015
Jim Stent, Independent Director of China Minsheng Bank and China Everbright Bank
Americans have difficulty comprehending how and why China works the way it does, giving rise to increasing friction between the two countries. This lack of understanding extends to China’s banking system, which is a microcosm of China’s political economy. Contrary to much media reporting, China’s banks have been transformed over the past 15 years into modern financial institutions. At the same time, shaped by centuries of Chinese institutions and values, and deeply
US-Cuba Relations, the Hemispheric Consequences and the OAS
August 17, 2015
Jane Thery, Director, Department of International Affairs of the OAS
The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba after more than fifty years is expected to reverberate throughout the Western Hemisphere and impact relationships within the Organization of American States. How far will this new development take us and how open will Cuba be to development, private investment, greater freedoms and fundamental changes to its long held ideologies and political system?