How China’s Simultaneous Carrots and Sticks Work in Southeast Asia
By Huong Le Thu
China’s applies simultaneously dual tactics of coercion and inducement to assert its position regionally and globally. Demonstrations in Vietnam and the...
Ethiopia – A Case Study in Take-Over by Western Interests
By Peter Koenig
Ethiopia is a landlocked country, bordering on Somalia which is dominating the Horn of Africa. Due to several border conflicts during the past...
The Four Steel Men Behind Trump’s Trade War
By Dan Steinbock
In just a few months, the Trump administration has undermined more than seven decades of U.S. free trade legacies. Who are the...
How US Trade War Is Spreading from Goods to Services
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Trump tariff wars are entering a new, far more dangerous phase. As the White House is expanding its tariff wars, collateral...
Trading the Global Future
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
PART I: Bad Timing
(This is the first of a three-part series.)
In this commentary, Dr Dan Steinbock argues that Trump's tariff...
Will Trump’s Trade War Precipitate a Currency War?
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
(3rd in a series on Trump Trade policy)
Last week, mid-July, Trump threatened $500 billion in tariffs on China imports, escalating his prior...
The Return of the Feudal World?
By John Hulsman and Boris Liedtke
In today’s post-industrial economy, it is evident that world politics is under radical restructuring. More precisely, as the authors...
Ease of Doing Business Act – the key to the Philippines’ Economic Comeback?
The Philippines has been vying for the ease of doing business act to be signed, and when it was on May 28, economists and...
Identity Politics: Diversion from the Growing Economic Crisis?
By Ghada Chehade
Despite the reality of ever-increasing economic despair – including, and perhaps especially, for minorities – no one is willing to talk about...
Helsinki – Trump and Putin – a Showdown for Summer Doldrums or a Genuine...
By Peter Koenig
The Helsinki Summit – or the Treason Summit, as some call it – of the 16th of July, has come and gone. It...
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...
