Building a More Resilient European Digital Ecosystem
By Eva Kelmendi
Europe’s semiconductor ambitions will depend on securing not only chip supply chains, but also the digital infrastructure and technologies underpinning its future...
The Philippines’ Security Trap
By Dan Steinbock
The recent school shootings are a tip of an iceberg of a vast private-security industry, Filipinos recruited into foreign wars, expanding...
Why Are the Next Wave of Tech Founders Fleeing Mega Cities?
By Paul Dawalibi
Thousands of entrepreneurs are abandoning their cities, and the ecosystems willing to adapt to the reasons why will define the next decade...
Will Dubai’s Property Market Reprice by 2027 as Global Risks Reshape Valuations?
By Dr. Fahim Alshayea
Dubai’s property market may enter a selective repricing phase by 2027 as global risks, financing conditions, supply dynamics and development costs reshape valuations.
Dubai’s...
How Dual Maritime Chokepoint Blockades Threaten the Core of European Manufacturing
By Imran Khalid
Simultaneous disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea threaten European industrial survival by choking essential energy supplies and component...
Trump’s Iran War US Oil Shortage Deception
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Last June 17, 2026 Trump announced the US and Iran had agreed to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) and a ceasefire...
Hormuz Maritime Disruption on EU and Asian Supply Chains
By Yingzhi Zhang and Byron McKinney
The effects of continued maritime disruption in Hormuz have the potential to further impact supply chains and certain industries...
Waiting Indonesia’s Long-Gone Leadership in the Region
By Darynaufal Mulyaman
Indonesia’s vast mineral wealth and strategic geography position it for regional leadership, but turning potential into influence requires stronger commitments and clearer...
Navigating China’s Next Chapter: What Business Leaders Need to Know
By Joe Ngai and Nick Leung
The real question for companies goes beyond whether China is rising or stalling but where and how they can still...
China Isn’t Exporting EVs. It’s Building a Reserve.
By Imran Khalid
Beijing's tariff-battered electric fleet is being reengineered into a distributed reserve of energy and compute-an asset the West still mistakes for a trade...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
