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...

China and Europe: Reconnecting Across a New Silk Road

by Xiangming Chen and Julia Mardeusz Since 2013, economic and trade relations between China and Europe have grown significantly. In this article, the authors look...

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....

Putting Executive Pay in Context

By David De Cremer Before the financial crisis executive pay in the finance sector had skyrocketed; bonuses were no longer given to reward hard and...

The Wind of Change Must Blow Waste Further up the Agenda

By Jonas Törnblom Climate change, a shrinking planet and the increasing threat of weather-related disasters are problems that are not going away, but we still...

New Capitalism: A Holistic Approach to Development

Interview with Jan Sturesson Jan Sturesson is Global Leader of Government and Public Services Industry at PwC. In the following interview with The World Financial...

Sustainability: Getting Down to Business

Interview with Nikos Avlonas As the Millennium Development Goals near their 2015 deadline, the role that the private sector must play in driving a global...

Is Effective Waste Collection the key to a Circular Economy?

By Jonas Törnblom As urbanisation intensifies and sustainability climbs higher up the global agenda, new solutions to old challenges are more important than ever. Waste...

Toward a New Global Russia: Leaving the BRICS Behind

By Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Olaf Groth While Russia’s growth in the early 2000s inspired confidence in its potential as a global economic powerhouse,...

EU Post-Crisis Resilience and Fragility: Collateral Damage or Global Recovery

By Irene Finel-Honigman There is a perception of steady economic recovery across the post-sovereign debt crisis within the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone....

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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...

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