China’s New Global Role: President Xi in Washington and the UN
By Dan Steinbock
The recent Washington summit took the US-China bilateral relations onto a new level, while President Xi’s UN visit gave a glimpse...
The Trans-Pacific Divisions
By Dan Steinbock
The White House’s effort to hammer the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Maui failed. As time is running out for President Obama’s...
Greek Parliament Passes Debt Agreement, but European Democracy is on its Knees
By Jonathan Hopkin
Almost as soon as the Greek deal was agreed, it began to come apart at the seams. Passage of the necessary legislation...
What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means – and What it Doesn’t
By Scott Lucas
Iran and the 5+1/E3+3 Powers (US, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) have at last completed a comprehensive nuclear agreement after years...
Recasting International Development in a Post-Recessionary World
By Stephen McCloskey and Gerard McCann
Globalisation has been a mixed blessing for international development. Below, Stephen McCloskey and Gerard McCann argue that greater resilience...
After the Greek Referendum: Into Uncharted Waters
By Dan Steinbock
The triumph of the “no” vote in the Greek referendum was not a mandate for Grexit, but a new starting-point to talks....
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Offensive, Iran’s “Proxy” Strategy, and the Middle East’s New “Cold War”
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
Riyadh’s war in Yemen marks a dramatic escalation in its efforts to roll back Iran’s rising influence in the Middle East. Saudi...
The World of States
By John L. Campbell and John A. Hall
In this article, adapted from their book The World of States John Campbell and John Hall argue...
The Delusions of Counterinsurgency
By David Martin Jones and Michael L.R. Smith
The theory and practice of counterinsurgency, ‘COIN’, preoccupied Western military thinking after 9/11. In the Political Impossibility...
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...
