«America Has Lost» in the Philippines
By Pepe Escobar
We are plunged at the heart of arguably the key 21st century hotspot in Asian geopolitics. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s game-changing «America has...
Behind The 3rd US Presidential Debate – What’s Coming in 2017
By Jack Rasmus
What the 3rd US presidential debate reveals beneath the surface is in 2017 and beyond what’s in store is more military adventures,...
US Electoral Politics and the Illusion of Control
By William Hawes
We have all been told a lie. The lie that says democracy can be maintained only through voting, through purely representative, parliamentarian...
Decline of Parties, Rise of Hucksterism (and Trump)
By Timothy Braatz
The influx of hundreds of millions of dollars into US presidential elections has undermined the influence of Democratic and Republican leaders in...
Duterte and the Multipolar Strategy That Shakes Washington
By Federico Pieraccini
On May 30, 2016 Manila’s parliament appointed Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the sixteenth president of the Philippines following his election victory over...
The 2nd US Presidential Debate: A Political Telenovela in Real Time
By Jack Rasmus
In the second US presidential debate held last October 9 in St. Louis, Trump’s strategy was clearly to shore up his conservative...
Reaping the Whirlwind: Kerry, al-Nusra, Russia and Syria
By Gary Leupp
On 2017, the UNSC will convene for the resolution of the Syrian conflict with the aim of saving Syria and its people...
Calling Both Clinton and Trump Unpopular and Untrustworthy is Seriously Misleading
By Neil H. Buchanan
Polling results do not demonstrate that Clinton and Trump are nearly equally reviled, notwithstanding the ubiquitous media narrative. To say that...
Latin America’s Challenge: More and Better Saving for Development
By Eduardo Cavallo and Tomás Serebrisky
The Latin American and Caribbean region is trapped in a vicious cycle of low savings and poor use of...
Russia’s Red Line
From the Editors
The United States air force attacked the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops last month killing 62 soldiers. The attack continued for nearly...
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...
