Sudan

Sudan: Violence Between Army and Militia is a Symptom of an Old Disease that...

By Paul Jackson A three-day ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr in Khartoum appears to be dead in the water as fighting continues...
Philippine Crossroads

Philippine Crossroads: US Militarization Over Chinese Development

By Dr. Dan Steinbock           Manila is facing an existential crossroads, as evidenced by new challenges of militarization and uncertainty in...
Achieving the SDGs

Why Corporations Should be Accountable for Achieving the SDGs

By Kathleen Enright Kathleen Enright writes about corporate accountability towards the SDGs, based on observations from the WEF annual meeting in Davos. What are the components...
Working Two Remote Jobs

The Pernicious Myth of Working Two Remote Jobs

By Dr Gleb Tsipursky We all love a good story. Perhaps that’s why entertaining but spurious beliefs have such a strong tendency to take root...

Slow Fashion: An Alternative Concept to Common Production and Consumption Practices in Fashion

By Leah Marie Gonse and Michael Palocz-Andresen The fashion industry operates on a mostly unsustainable business model that focuses mainly on growth of sales and...
Arbitration Disputes

Planning for 2023: The Arbitration Disputes Landscape

By David Hunt The year 2023 presents challenges to arbitration lawyers. Many old sources of work – Russian oligarch claims, Energy Charter Treaty claims –...
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Making Philanthropy Thoughtful and Effective

Interview with Alex Alvarez, Vice President (Europe) of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors In 1891, John D. Rockefeller, Sr set out to manage his philanthropy "as...

The Year of Living Dangerously

By Dan Steinbock         Global Economic Prospects at a Turning Point     The year 2023 represents a turning point. If economic realities guide global...
NFT 8BIT

NFT: Beyond the Hype, There is the Future

By Terence Tse, Andrea Maria Cosentino and Mark Esposito Non-fungible tokens – much has been said and written about them, but what is the truth?...
War

The Unwarranted Ukraine Proxy War: A Year Later

By Dr Dan Steinbock To Russia and Ukraine, the crisis is an existential issue. To the US and NATO, it's a regime-change game. To Europe,...

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CFO's new mandate. CFO explaining the presentation

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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