Crusade and Commerce: Portuguese Mercantilism in the Indian Ocean, 1500-1600.
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This study reinterprets sixteenth-century Portuguese expansion by challenging conventional views of early mercantilism. Dr Kalim Siddiqui argues that Portugal’s pursuit of...
United States Strategy in an Era of Petrodollar Decline and Multipolarity
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This paper explores the shift from the Bretton Woods system to the petrodollar era and the emergence of a multipolar financial...
Monopoly Capitalism and the Concentration of Capital in Production and Digital Technologies
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This article examines the structural dynamics of monopoly capitalism, tracing its evolution from national industrial concentration to global digital-finance monopolies. Drawing...
Innovation, Investment Criteria, and Economic Growth in Late-Industrializing Economies
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This study examines the effect of innovation on economic growth in the developing countries. Dr Kalim Siddiqui’s findings show that innovation...
Education Under Neoliberalism: The Political Economy of Development in the Global South
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This article investigates the role of education in the Global South, highlighting its economic, social, and political significance. Dr Kalim Siddiqui...
The United States’ Future in an Imperial Mirror: Lessons from Britain, Spain, Abbasids, Rome,...
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Situating the United States' contemporary decline within a long historical continuum of imperial collapse, this article employs a comparative framework to analyse...
Ideas, Policies, and Power: A Political Economy Perspective on Development in the Global South
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
This paper examines economic development in the Global South through a political economy lens, tracing the shift from postwar state-led industrialization...
The Influence of Greek Philosophy on Muslim Scholars: A Review of Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina,...
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
This paper examines how Greek and Indian philosophy and mathematics were integrated into Islamic thought, focusing on Al-Kindī, Al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā,...
Al-Biruni’s Kitab al-Hind: A Study of Religion, Caste, and Culture in Eleventh-Century India
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
Al-Biruni (973–1048) exemplified empirical rigor and intellectual versatility across astronomy, mathematics, cultures and comparative history. This study, by Dr. Kalim Siddiqui,...
Rare Earth Critical Minerals: Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and Emerging Tensions
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Critical raw materials (CRMs) such as lithium, cobalt, rare-earth elements, and copper are central to the green and digital transitions. Dr...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
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...
