Why Western Incumbents Will Fall Again This Year
By Nick Redman
A Covid hangover combined with more persistent economy-sapping problems are likely to see governments in the West losing power in elections across...
Europe Urges Collective Action as Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor
Trump signals major shifts in Russia-Ukraine strategy. Can the new approach end the war and what is the price...
Trends and Prospects of De-Dollarization in the Rapidly Changing Global Economy (Part One)
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
The rise of the US dollar to become the globally preferred currency for trade and financial transactions was a carefully orchestrated game...
The Imminent Consequences of Trump’s Executive Orders
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Half a decade ago, I warned that the Trump administration’s weaponization of executive orders would result in lethal geopolitics, tariff/tech...
Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression and Deportations
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
The first Trump administration reversed decades of US policies regarding Palestinians. The new one shuns genocidal atrocities. It prefers...
Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Trump’s proposals to radically transform much of US economic and social policy are being rapidly rolled out during the first week...
How International Aid Fails and Succeeds — Why Some Programmes Work and Others Don’t
By Zhenglin (Alex) Li
International aid refers to assistance provided by one or multiple countries or organisations to another country, often with no expectation of...
Domesticating the International: Reflections on a Hypothetical Philippine Indigenization of IR for the World
By John Louis B. Benito, LPT, MA
The modern Filipino, through his or her utilization of advance technology, are more aware of what is happening...
How Anti-GMO Disinformation Fuels Anti-Western Narratives and Threatens Food Security in Africa
By Gbemisola Adebowale
“There is hunger in the land.” This refrain has become alarmingly common as Africa's food security crisis worsens. According to the UN,...
Pacific Small-Island States as Part of “the Others”: A Microcosmic Exhibition and Reflection of...
By John Louis B. Benito, LPT MA
If one would take reading international affairs as a pleasurable endeavor, the emphasis would understandably be on the...
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...
