The Unwarranted War: The avoidable war that will penalize severely Ukraine, Russia, the US...
By Dr Dan Steinbock
To Russia and Ukraine, the crisis is an existential issue. To the US and NATO, it's a regime-change game. To Europe,...
Russian Sphere of Influence: What is it? What Could It Be?
By Timo Kivimäki
The Russian demand of ending the expansion of NATO to its borders has raised debate in the international media and academia. These...
10 Reasons Why US May Want Russia to Invade Ukraine
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
In recent weeks both US and NATO have been stumbling toward confrontation with Russia over whether the Ukraine will be allowed...
British Imperialism, Religion, and the Politics of ‘Divide and Rule’ in the Indian-Subcontinent
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
Recently India’s Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi again brought the issues of India’s partition and tried to blame it on...
Connectivity, Connectivity, Connectivity: Has the China-Europe Freight Train Become a Winning Run?
By Xiangming Chen
In “China and Europe: Reconnecting across a New Silk Road” (Xiangming Chen and Julie Mardeusz ’16, The European Financial Review, February/March 2015),...
Philippine 2022 Election Amid Elevated US-China Tensions
By Dan Steinbock
Overshadowed by US-Sino friction and xenophobic rhetoric, the 2022 election campaigns are getting ugly. Old elites hope to derail...
Central Asia Prepares for Taliban Takeover
By Gavin Helf, Ph.D. and Barmak Pazhwak
As U.S. and NATO forces drew down their military presence in Afghanistan this Summer, the country’s northern neighbors witnessed Taliban fighters...
Britain’s Scramble Out of Kabul; the Moral and Strategic Cost
By Professor Michael Clarke
The process of western withdrawal from Afghanistan in August and the scenes at Kabul airport as western allies were ushered out of the...
Sovereigns in the Courtroom: Is the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act the Golden Key?
By Kiran Nasir Gore and Charles H. Camp
How can a foreign sovereign be brought into an American courtroom to answer for its bad acts? This...
The Bilateral Swap Agreements, Chinese Currency and the Demise of the US Dollar
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
I examine here the role of China’s bilateral swap agreements (BSAs) and the internationalization of its currency Renminbi (RMB). 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...
