The Xi-Sisi Meeting: Why It Matters
By Dan Steinbock
Recently, TRT World released the analysis of Murat Sofuoglu on “Why did Xi choose to visit Egypt amid the US-Iran tensions?” Dr...
How to Lose a War in Three Reckless Moves
By Joseph Mazur
Winning a war calls for an understanding of the enemy, confidence in intelligence briefings, and skillful strategies, attributes sorely missing from America’s...
The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid (and the Collusive International Silence)
By Dan Steinbock
Gaza showed the genocidal face of Israel’s expulsive strategy. In the West Bank, the same objective is realized with incremental escalation. The...
AI Layoffs Need Evidence, Not Executive Storytelling
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
A new Financial Times analysis reports that U.S. technology companies have cut nearly 140,000 jobs in 2026 while pouring record sums...
The Hormuz Catastrophe: The Netanyahu and Trump Administrations Knew the Risks—and Escalated Anyway
By Dan Steinbock
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has produced precisely the kind of strategic blowback that earlier Israeli and American war-gaming had warned...
The Philippines’ Security Trap
By Dan Steinbock
The recent school shootings are a tip of an iceberg of a vast private-security industry, Filipinos recruited into foreign wars, expanding...
The Bargaining Table is Writing America’s Workplace AI Rules
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
A new report shows that union contracts are becoming one of the strongest practical safeguards American workers have against disruptive workplace...
The Ebola Escalation is a Global Health Emergency
By Dan Steinbock
After three months, the Ebola crisis in Central Africa has crossed a critical regional threshold. Concurrently, it reflects the emerging US/China...
How the US-EU Partnership is Fracturing
By Dan Steinbock
For China and the Global South, US-EU tensions are part of a broader struggle over selective globalization.
The US increasingly prioritizes technological...
AI Job Disruption is Moving From Forecasts to Hiring Plans
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
A survey of 933 U.S. business leaders found that 60% agree most white-collar jobs will be fully automated by AI within...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
