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From Secular Jewish State to a Jewish Herrenvolk Democracy        

By Dan Steinbock              In the past two decades, Israeli democracy, flirting with ethnic primacy from the beginning, has progressively diminished. Thanks to the Netanyahu...
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Trump’s Tariffs Threats Against the Global South, ASEAN and the Philippines   

By Dan Steinbock              With its misguided tariff wars, the Trump administration is undermining global economic prospects and waging war against development in the Global...
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Trump’s Dream of Escalation Dominance: The Israel/US Proxy War for Regime Change in Iran

By Dan Steinbock              The Israel/US Iran offensive is not about nuclear weapons. It is about Iran’s abundant oil and gas reserves. It is a...
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

By Dan Steinbock As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into...
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Trump’s Tariffs Threat to the Global South

By Dan Steinbock              With its misguided tariff wars, the Trump administration is not only disrupting historical trade ties with the world’s largest economies, but...
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The Israel/US Proxy War for Regime Change in Iran

By Dan Steinbock The Israel/US Iran offensive is not about nuclear weapons. It is about still another unwarranted proxy war. It aims at the restoration...
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Still Another Unwarranted High-Stake Proxy War

WBy Dan Steinbock    Israel’s strikes against vital targets in Iran is morphing into yet another misguided proxy war, which relies heavily on intelligence, arms...
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Profiteering on Occupation: How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation

By Dan Steinbock            As the West Bank is being annexed to Israel through blood and violence, many Israeli and international...

Philippines as a Warring Nation

By Dan Steinbock Not a day goes by in the Philippines without reports about new friction and arms sales. Elevated military spending is now...
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The Geneva Connection: How the Trump Tariffs Penalize US-China Ties and Global Economic Prospects

By Dan Steinbock Despite de-escalation in Geneva, trillions of dollars may have been lost in the unwarranted trade wars. In early May, international headlines reported on...

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The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI

By Terence Tse CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value. A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...

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