Patient Capital in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
By Justin Yifu Lin and Yan Wang
As the world is carefully watching China’s Belt and Road Initiative, many new opportunities continue to spring from...
The Futures of Southeast Asia and the US Intertwine
By Vannarith Chheang
The important role of ASEAN in regional security has already been realised by the world, particularly by the United States. Vannarith Chheang...
Regime Change in the Trump White House?
By Dan Steinbock
No US postwar president has managed to reset relations with Russia. Now the Trump administration must cope with a...
Who are the World’s Biggest Military Spenders, Really?
By Dan Steinbock
The conventional narrative is that the world is threatened by the assertive China and Russia. The inconvenient narrative is that China...
The Trump-Xi Summit Paves the Way to New Realism in US-Chinese Trade
By Dan Steinbock
Despite preliminary pessimism, the Trump-Xi Summit showed greater trade pragmatism than initially expected, even though it was overshadowed by a raw...
Changing Tides in International Trade
By Victor Andres Manhit
Although trade has played an important role in advancing economic growth, it has since lost its dynamism. Asian economies, however, have...
Pentagon Wars and US Hegemony at the Root of Instability and Dislocation
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Pentagon wars and capitalist exploitation at the root of instability and dislocation. Members of the United States government spoke in Germany at the...
United You Don’t Stand
From the Editors
The latest news about Israel is again about some on-going land grab. This is not new news. This has been going on...
Donald Trump and Steve Bannon’s Russia Policy Explained: Bend or Break, Expect Change
By Jeffrey Sommers
For Russians, Mr. Trump presents at least the chance of a new course in US/Russian relations. Putin hopes to see the US...
Where Next for Syria?
By James Denselow
The conflict in Syria has been going on for almost six years and despite events in Aleppo would appear to have the...
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...
