Why Are Wars Legal? By International Law, Waging War Itself is a War Crime....

By Joseph Mazur The Geneva Convention permits states to defend themselves under the right to use force in expectancy of an armed attack by another...
Debate

The First Vice-Presidential Debate

By Jack Rasmus Yesterday’s Vice Presidential debate between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz might have been called the ‘First Presidential Debate of 2028’....
IMF

How to Improve IMF Programs: Learning Some Hard Lessons 

By Danny Leipziger The Current Context   Recent International Monetary Fund statements have indicated that times are difficult due to burgeoning fiscal deficits, geo-political fragmentation, and the...
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Cross-Sector Collaboration Is the Unity We Need Now

By Caroline Suozzi The world is a complex place. Should finding solutions to its equally complex problems be a matter for governments, for the private...
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From Washington to Biden: How Past Presidents Affect the 2024 Presidential Race

The US 2024 Presidential Election is around the corner; as always, many anticipations have already been built. Being a world superpower, the whole world...
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

US 2024 Election and the Way to a Calamitous Trade War

By Dan Steinbock              The 2024 US election is not just about democracy but about big media, big money and big defense. It is setting...
International Law

Judgments Issued By the International Court of Justice Against States Violating the Genocide Convention...

By Charles H. Camp, Hagar Sivan and Kale Wright Introduction More and more cases are being filed with the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) to enforce...

Protecting the Petrodollar Is Crucial for Stable Global Oil Markets 

By Alberto Díaz As global oil markets are once again in a frenzy, the centrality of stabilizing mechanisms, among which the petrodollar system is most...
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The Second 1st Presidential Debate

By Jack Rasmus Nearly all public polls in the USA today, and since the beginning of 2024, show that the number #1 issue for American...
Election 2024

Reclaiming Nights, Decimating Ploughs in US & Global 2024 Elections 

By Professor Chirantan Chatterjee “When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them” – Michelle Obama  As we roll into September 2024,...

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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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