“Taming Trump”, Key Republican Appointments: What a Trump Presidency Might Look Like

By Jack Rasmus In the weeks since the November 8 US presidential election, the dim outlines of what a Trump presidency might look like are...

Return of Sovereign France

By Dan Steinbock In France, President Hollande’s utter failure to foster broad consensus for structural reforms has paved the way for a contested election. While...
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Philippine Crossroads: US Militarization Over Chinese Development

By Dr. Dan Steinbock           Manila is facing an existential crossroads, as evidenced by new challenges of militarization and uncertainty in...

Rodrigo Duterte’s Rivot Ro Asia Is A Rational Move

By Chandran Nair The Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign. In the past 30 years, a succession of Southeast...

The Truth of Negotiation

By Alexios Arvanitis & Antonis Karampatzos The authors suggest that negotiation is guided by the truth, rather than interests alone, and present to us the...
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The New Cold War: Struggle for Global Domination (Part 2)

By Kalim Siddiqui This is part 2 of this series of articles on the New Cold War. (Link to Article Part 1) Kalim Siddiqui concludes...
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Palestine, Imperialism, and the Settler Colonial Project

By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui Do Israel's ongoing military actions in the territory of the Gaza Strip have parallels in classic colonial behaviour, including the apartheid...
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Geopolitical Hedging —The New Mantra of Globalization

By Ricardo Ernst and Jerry Haar Increasingly, international companies are developing structured frameworks to systematically address geopolitical risks across their operations. Accordingly, geopolitical hedging has...

Assad’s Death Warrant

By Mike Whitney The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
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How Should We Understand War?

By Joseph Mazur Judging war must include civilian witnesses who suffer through it. Humans' strategy for coping with the immensity of the universe is to classify,...

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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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