A Disunited United States: What the 2016 Election Says About America

By Leonard Steinhorn The 2016 election may be focused on the rise of Donald Trump, but the Trump candidacy is possible only because America is...

The Keys to the White House: Forecast for 2016

By Allan J. Lichtman The Keys to the White House, a prediction system that correctly forecasted the outcomes of all eight presidential elections since 1984...

The Strategic Significance of Central Asia

By David Denoon The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the creation of five newly independent states in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...

The Dirty War on Syria: No Popular Uprising

By Tim Anderson The world has been deceived over the conflict in Syria. It was always a ‘regime change’ dirty war and never a popular...

The Responsibility to Participate: The Problem of Global Engagement in Responding to the...

By Charles H. Camp and Theresa Bowman Despite the unanimous agreement of United Nations member states to commit as an international community to global humanitarian...

How Can Brazil Restore its Growth Trajectory?

By Dan Steinbock         Only a few years ago, Brazil exemplified the BRIC dream of rapid growth. Now it is coping with its longest recession,...

The Internet in China: How the Network is Shaping the PRC’s Economic and Social...

By Eric Harwit Chinese e-commerce and communications companies are playing leading roles in the nation’s continued Internet development. These corporations are expanding their roles in...

Durability before Democracy: Why Stability is Elusive in the Middle East

By Sean Yom In this article Sean Yom discusses how the lack of permanence of Middle Eastern governments means that democracy is for the time...

Tokyo 2020 in the Face of Hardship

By Robert Hunziker The Tokyo 2020 Olympics reflects a sense of optimism to the world community and has become a centerpiece of the Abe administration’s...

Is Brazil still “The Country of The Future”?

By Manoel Bittencourt In this article Manoel Bittencourt argues that corruption is killing economic growth and prosperity in Brazil. Using standard economic theory and data...

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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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