The global consequences of a Sino-American Cold War

May 23, 2019

Containers are stacked up at PSA's Tanjong Pagar container terminal in Singapore July 24, 2015. When Singapore celebrated its 50th birthday as an independent country in August, the city state bore little resemblance to the tiny island nation that was expelled from Malaysia in 1965. Its physical stature has swollen by 20 percent thanks to one of the worldâs most aggressive land reclamation drives. REUTERS/Edgar SuPICTURE 4 OF 31 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'EARTHPRINTS: SINGAPORE' SEARCH 'EARTHPRINTS SINGAPORE' FOR ALL IMAGES

A cold war is becoming more likely Image: REUTERS/Edgar Su

Nouriel Roubini

Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Geo-economics is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Geo-economics

Have you read?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

More on Geo-economics
See all

Global economic growth to slow in 2024, and other economics news to read this week

Rebecca Geldard

November 17, 2023

China's growth forecasts upgraded, Eurozone recession fears and other economy news to read this week

Kate Whiting

November 10, 2023

Big central banks pause interest rate rises, and other economics news to read this week

Ian Shine

November 3, 2023

Biggest US budget gap since COVID-19, and other economics news to read this week

Joe Myers

October 27, 2023

This could be the darkest river in the world

Peter Rüegg

October 27, 2023

US economy largely unchanged, China's GDP growth, and other economics stories to read this week

Joe Myers

October 20, 2023