China and the Middle East: More Than Oil
By Abbās Varij Kāzemi & Xiangming Chen
China has spread its ties to the Middle East in ways that go beyond oil. Below, Abbās Varij Kāzemi...
America’s Never-Ending War in the Middle East
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
While President Obama continues – at least for now – to resist redeploying large numbers of U.S. soldiers...
Cities in a Global Order
By Simon Curtis
The remarkable transformation of the world’s major cities over recent decades has been widely noted as being driven by a restructuring of...
Toward a New Global Russia: Leaving the BRICS Behind
By Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Olaf Groth
While Russia’s growth in the early 2000s inspired confidence in its potential as a global economic powerhouse,...
The Rise of the Petroyuan and the Slow Erosion of Dollar Hegemony
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
For seventy years, one of the critical foundations of American power has been the dollar’s standing as the...
America’s Shale Revolution and the Dangerous Myth of Energy Independence
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
Proponents of energy independence enshrine America’s so-called “shale revolution” as a geopolitical game changer, enabling the United States...
Development Strategies, Identities and Conflict in Asia
By Natalia Mirovitskaya and William Ascher
Development strategies in Asian countries that are meant to increase peace and economic stability are often linked to inter-group...
China and Latin America: Connected and Competing
By Kayla Chen & Xiangming Chen
The Global Rise of China
The rise of China has stolen more headlines than any other global issue these days,...
Can the West Get Out of Its (Self-Made) Cul-de-Sac?
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
In recent years, the limits on America’s ability to shape important outcomes in the Middle East unilaterally—or even...
The Responsibility to Protect: Reading Ethical Responsibilities Into the Rule of Law
By Charles H. Camp and Theresa B. Bowman
The scope and source of permissible use of force in response to a humanitarian crisis frames a...
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...
