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Queen Elizabeth II: a Moderniser Who Steered the British Monarchy Into the 21st Century

By Sean Lang When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biography, his colleagues expressed surprise that he should consider Queen Elizabeth II...
EU and UK Paves the Way for North Ireland Brexit-agreement

The Windsor Framework: Compromise From EU and UK Paves the Way for North Ireland...

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The World Financial Review It looked like an impossible task for years, but now Rishi Sunak has succeeded...
Arbitration Disputes

Planning for 2023: The Arbitration Disputes Landscape

By David Hunt The year 2023 presents challenges to arbitration lawyers. Many old sources of work – Russian oligarch claims, Energy Charter Treaty claims –...
rcep

The Missed RCEP Opportunities in the Philippines

By Dan Steinbock                              President Duterte initiated the RCEP deal in September 2021....
Ukraine War One Year

Ukraine War One Year After: Revisiting My January 2022 Article ’10 Reasons Why the...

By Jack Rasmus This past year marks the one year anniversary of the start of the US/NATO-Russia war in Ukraine. In January 2022 I wrote...
militarization

Militarization Could Erode the Economic Futures of PH and ASEAN

By Dan Steinbock The Marcos Jr. government is no longer a bystander between the US and China. The risk is that it is sleepwalking into...
2023

What Will 2023 Hold for Banking and Fintech? Fantasy Valuations End, Banks Go Shopping...

By Alessandro Hatami 2023 is underway, and as is becoming the norm, uncertainty is the dominant theme. One question is whether this year could be...
War

The Unwarranted Ukraine Proxy War: A Year Later

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,...
2023 in a Global Perspective

2023 in a Global Perspective: What to Pay Attention to in the Year Ahead

By Emil Bjerg Collins Dictionary recently coined ‘permacrisis’ as the word of the year, a word that the dictionary defines as “an extended period of...
economic shift

Toward 2023: Preparing for Tectonic Shifts in the World Economy

By Dan Steinbock                          Colossal structural shifts are taking place in the global economy, as...

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CFO's new mandate. CFO explaining the presentation

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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