What does the EU Stand for: Globalisation or Universalism?
By William Hawes
The EU now stands for globalisation and all its discontents. The dreary, neoliberal perspective of leaders must be replaced for Europe to...
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
Duterte vs Barack Obama In A Remark About Filipino Sovereignty
By Tunde Olupitan
Latest news on the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is of his calling USA President Barack Obama a son of a b***h. We...
Obama-Duterte Blow Up: What the Corporate Media Doesn’t Get
By Wayne Madsen
The western corporate media generalised the Duterte-Obama feud as one between a statesmanlike US president and a Filipino Donald Trump. For Obama...
TTIP: The Suicide of Nations
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The TransAtlantic and TransPacific Trade and Investment Partnerships (TTIP and TTP) are trade agreements between the US and the EU...
Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
By Vladimir Popov
It may well be that in the next decades, with the benefit of hindsight, it will be only too obvious how Russia...
The Duterte Whirlwind: The Reawakening of the Philippines
By Dan Steinbock
The new Philippine president is waging a tough drug war, pushing economic growth domestically and greater pragmatism in foreign policy that could...
Olympic Creed Over Olympic Cost Overruns
By Dan Steinbock
Olympics celebrate struggle for excellence, not costs. As more emerging economies are hosting Olympics, it is time to recall the Olympic Creed.
When...
Erdoğan’s Coup: Purging Domestic Critics, Gaining External Allies
By James Petras
Faced with enemies and adversaries at home and overseas, Erdoğan decided on a dual strategy of improving his ties abroad, especially his...
Brexit and London’s Role as an Islamic Banking Hub: Is the Glass Half Empty,...
By Sohail Jaffer
Regardless of the shocking referendum result, there are reasons for optimism about the UK’s role as a hub for Islamic finance in...
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...
