Japan and the Monetary Policy Magical Mystery Tour
By Richard Westra
With 1970s galloping inflation threatening to bring down the US economy and with it the US dollar based global trading order, Milton...
The New Trade Future in Asia Pacific
By Dan Steinbock
During the weekend, the Asian-Pacific nations embraced the dream of free trade. Today, President-elect Trump buried it.
Last weekend, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Rodrigo Duterte’s Rivot Ro Asia Is A Rational Move
By Chandran Nair
The Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign.
In the past 30 years, a succession of Southeast...
Is there a future for Obama’s pivot to Asia?
By Sholto Byrnes
Since Barack Obama came to office in 2009, a signature policy of his administration has been the “pivot to Asia”. Much time...
Could India and Pakistan Go to War?
By Michael Kugelman
A shooting war is unlikely, but covert activities are a strong possibility.
On the morning of September 18, four men identified by India...
India, China Face Trade Choices
By Dan Steinbock
In the coming years, China and India must decide whether their bilateral ties will be based on economic cooperation, political facilitation and...
The Strategy for Korea’s Economic Success
By Hwy-Chang Moon
This article offers thought-provoking perspectives on South Korea’s economic development and introduces a new innovative model, through which any actors (especially in...
Duterte and the Multipolar Strategy That Shakes Washington
By Federico Pieraccini
On May 30, 2016 Manila’s parliament appointed Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the sixteenth president of the Philippines following his election victory over...
The Informal Sector in India: Prosperity or Persistence of Misery?
By Saumya Chakrabarti, Daipayan Sarkar and Ankita Biswas
Based on the recent publication of Saumya Chakrabarti’s Inclusive Growth and Social Change: formal-informal-agrarian relation in India...
Japan’s Impending Monetary Exhaustion
By Dan Steinbock
Japan’s monetary gamble and Abenomics are approaching the end of the road. Neither Brussels nor Washington is immune to the adverse consequences...
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...
