The South China Sea and Philippine National Interest and Security
By Roland Simbulan
The ideal strategic goal is for the Philippines to enjoy the friendship of the US, Japan and China and not be a...
“Taming Trump”, Key Republican Appointments: What a Trump Presidency Might Look Like
By Jack Rasmus
In the weeks since the November 8 US presidential election, the dim outlines of what a Trump presidency might look like are...
Abe’s Political Restoration Belies Economic and Geostrategic Challenges
By Craig Mark
Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political success in Japanese politics, Japan’s economy remains to be stagnant. This article discusses the impact of...
Headaches of Empire: Brexit and the United States
By Binoy Kampmark
The case for Britain’s exit from Europe has been treated as a dramatic blow against the imperium’s three main concerns on the...
Burma/Myanmar – Towards Peace? Elections, Civil War, and Inter-Faith Conflicts
By Mikael Gravers
In August 2015, the government of President U Thein Sein signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement with 8 ethnic armed organisations. However, serious...
How the Rand Exchange Rate Volatility Affects the South African Economy?
By Matthew Kofi Ocran
While the South African rand has historically been characterised with high volatilities, the recent levels of gyrations of the currency, particularly...
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The Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign.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...
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...
