AIIB: Experiments in Scaling-up Development Finance
By Daniel Poon
Since its launch in January 2016, what are the significant developments on the operations of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? In...
Everything Changes, Nothing Changes
By Graham Vanbergen
Just by looking at the everyday scenario across today’s industries, one can deduce how globalisation quite significantly changed things over the years....
Ensuring Olympic Success – After the Games
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
As Olympic torch is moving toward emerging economies, it is time to come up with innovative solutions and appropriate cost controls...
Will the Chinese Rise Destroy Pax Americana in the Middle East?
By Timo Kivimäki
China has started to make its presence felt in the Middle East. Most commentators assume this to lead into the destabilisation of...
Chinese Economy in 2018 and Beyond
By Dan Steinbock
In the coming years, China shall aim at high-quality development, while seeking to forestall financial and international risks.
The recent Central Economic Work...
China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative Promotes China Over US
By Sara Hsu
China’s One Belt One Road initiative is vast and promises to greatly expand China’s soft power in Asia, Europe, and Africa by...
Jerusalem – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back?
By Peter Koenig
When President Trump on 6 December 2017 declared unilaterally Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to where the US Embassy shall relocate,...
Canada-China Trade Amid NAFTA Friction
By Dan Steinbock
As tensions prevail in the NAFTA talks, Canada is hedging its bets by fostering consensus for a trade agreement with China.
On Sunday,...
Uzbekistan – A Voice from Eurasia
By Peter Koenig
Uzbekistan is a peaceful friendly country, smiling faces, many of them struggling to make a living, but still smiling. Uzbekistan is a...
Exaggerated Alarm and Destructive Excursions: Anti-Proliferation Policy and The Case of North Korea
By John Mueller
The consequences of nuclear proliferation have been substantially benign: those who have acquired the weapons have “used” them simply to stoke their...
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...
