Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the West
By Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson discusses his latest book: Ukraine Crisis: What it means for the West. He contends that the book is actually about...
Failed Statebuilding versus Peace Formation: The Consequences and Implications over the Last 25 Years
By Oliver P. Richmond Recent years have seen an abundance of foreign intervention to achieve peace and statebuilding.
Putin’s Russia: An Exemplary Case of Hyper-Extractive State
By Alexander Etkind
Due to Russia’s geographic scale and military might, it amplifies typical problems of many petrostates from Venezuela to Nigeria to Iran....
360 Degrees of Leadership
Interview with Deborah Winslow Nutter
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, the lines dividing business, politics, security, trade and finance are becoming ever more blurred....
America’s Never-Ending War in the Middle East
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
While President Obama continues – at least for now – to resist redeploying large numbers of U.S. soldiers...
The Rise of the Petroyuan and the Slow Erosion of Dollar Hegemony
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
For seventy years, one of the critical foundations of American power has been the dollar’s standing as the...
The National Origins of Policy Ideas
By John L. Campbell and Ove K. Pedersen
In this article John Campbell and Ove Pedersen argue that the way policy ideas are generated by...
TPP and Global Governance
By Junji Nakagawa
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently under negotiation in the Asia Pacific region may drastically change the structure and function of the governance...
Do Natural Resource Exports Curse Governments? Some Insights from Latin America
By Ryan Saylor
When a country strikes oil or discovers mineral deposits, politicians and citizens are often euphoric. But many economists and political scientists despair....
Technology and Politics in Context
By Michael J. Jensen and Eva Anduiza
Digital media have greatly expanded the repertoires and channels of political participation, communication, and information. Below, Michael J....
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...
