Burma/Myanmar – Towards Peace? Elections, Civil War, and Inter-Faith Conflicts

By Mikael Gravers In August 2015, the government of President U Thein Sein signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement with 8 ethnic armed organisations. However, serious...

No Way Out: Mandatory Trade Secret Protection Laws in International Arbitration

By Charles H. Camp, Anna R. Margolis & Camellia H. Mokri The World Trade Organization’s member countries are required to include trade secret protections in...

Rodrigo Duterte’s Rivot Ro Asia Is A Rational Move

By Chandran Nair The Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign. In the past 30 years, a succession of Southeast...

A Brexit-Style Revolution in the USA? The Real Differences between Clinton and Trump

By Takis Fotopoulus There is no doubt that the forthcoming US Presidential elections are perhaps the most controversial ones in the US history. This has...

If US Voters Cannot Be Trusted To Choose An Able President, Let Tech Firms...

By Chandran Nair The dysfunctional US political system is the place to start if American technology firms truly believe in their claims of being able...

Guerilla Incursions from the Boondocks: “Anti-Americanism” in the Philippines. President Duterte’s Subaltern Counter-Hegemony

By E. San Juan Jr.   “A howling wilderness” was what General Jacob Smith ordered his troops to make of Samar, Philippines. He was taking revenge...

Will Improved US-Russia Relations Follow Trump’s Electoral Triumph? “Will Putin Become my New Best...

By Stephen Lendman “I think I’d get along very well with Vladimir Putin. I just think so.” The greatest risk of a Hillary electoral triumph was...

The Election: Failing Real Change, Hope Lost

By Jeffrey Sommers The Democrats under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were long on soaring rhetoric, and short on substance. Many Americans wanted more “change”...

Leadership Crisis in Korea

By Sunnie Giles At the heart of the Koreans’ rage in President Park Geun-hye’s scandal is a sense of betrayal. Park must facilitate a sense...

Dr. Dan Steinbock’s interview on the Trump triumph: Changes in foreign and trade policy,...

Interview with Dr. Dan Steinbock We were able to reach Dr. Steinbock right after the US election. As you may recall, he has argued for...

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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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