China’s Key Cities: From Local Places to Global Players
By Xiangming Chen
China’s geographically uneven growth plays a key role in regional integration by creating more varied and largely beneficial global connections. In this...
Current Economic Development is Unsustainable. How Can We Reverse this Trend?
By Jacques Prescott
In 1987, with the publication of the Brundtland report, the world was confronted once again with the dire reality of a collapsing...
Refugees and Refugee Crises: Some Historical Reflections
By Peter Gatrell
The current Syrian refugee crisis provides an opportunity to look beyond the headlines and to locate it in a broader historical context....
China’s Environmental Challenges
By Judith Shapiro
China’s huge environmental challenges are tied to domestic politics, rapid economic growth, and an intense phase of globalization. With rising wealth there...
Can Capitalism Save the Environment?
By Tabitha M. Benney
Developing economies can provide an invaluable contribution to the effort to prevent further climate change. Below Tabitha M. Benney illustrates how...
Tourism and the Modern World
By Eric G. E. Zuelow
Tourism is among the largest industries in the world and many people assume that humans engaged in leisure travel from...
Stormy Forecast for Nuclear Energy Future
By Linda Pentz Gunter
While nuclear energy continues to play a role in political discussion and decision-making circles, the financial realities indicate it is a...
The Responsibility to Participate: The Problem of Global Engagement in Responding to the...
By Charles H. Camp and Theresa Bowman
Despite the unanimous agreement of United Nations member states to commit as an international community to global humanitarian...
Tokyo 2020 in the Face of Hardship
By Robert Hunziker
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics reflects a sense of optimism to the world community and has become a centerpiece of the Abe administration’s...
Reshaping Tomorrow: What will India look like in 2025?
By Ejaz Ghani
What will India and the rest of South Asia look like in 2025? The optimistic view is that India will achieve double-digit...
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Mastering Buy & Build Strategies in Private Equity: Key Trends and Success Factors
By Toni Stork and Dr. Stefan Sambol
Buy & Build strategies have become a dominant force in private equity, offering a compelling way to drive value creation through strategic acquisitions. What separates top-performing Buy &...
