How Dual Maritime Chokepoint Blockades Threaten the Core of European Manufacturing
By Imran Khalid
Simultaneous disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea threaten European industrial survival by choking essential energy supplies and component...
Trump’s Iran War US Oil Shortage Deception
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
Last June 17, 2026 Trump announced the US and Iran had agreed to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) and a ceasefire...
Hormuz Maritime Disruption on EU and Asian Supply Chains
By Yingzhi Zhang and Byron McKinney
The effects of continued maritime disruption in Hormuz have the potential to further impact supply chains and certain industries...
Waiting Indonesia’s Long-Gone Leadership in the Region
By Darynaufal Mulyaman
Indonesia’s vast mineral wealth and strategic geography position it for regional leadership, but turning potential into influence requires stronger commitments and clearer...
Navigating China’s Next Chapter: What Business Leaders Need to Know
By Joe Ngai and Nick Leung
The real question for companies goes beyond whether China is rising or stalling but where and how they can still...
China Isn’t Exporting EVs. It’s Building a Reserve.
By Imran Khalid
Beijing's tariff-battered electric fleet is being reengineered into a distributed reserve of energy and compute-an asset the West still mistakes for a trade...
Why a Stronger Renminbi Means Higher Prices for Vulnerable European Consumers
By Imran Khalid
Western political pressure on Beijing for a rapid Renminbi appreciation risks triggering imported inflation, further squeezing European households already reeling from elevated energy...
AI’s Power Hunger Reshaping the U.S. Utility Industry and Sparking a New Wave of...
The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has stocks soaring to new highs and electricity demand surging to record levels.
It has become pretty clear these last...
The Ebola Crisis: The Inconvenient Truths
By Dan Steinbock
For weeks, the latest Ebola outbreak was framed as a regional emergency. That assumption is now being challenged by mounting evidence...
How the US War Against Iran is Drawing Europe into the Multipolar World Order
By Simon Zeise
Even the US’s closest allies in the EU are no longer willing to bow to Trump’s dictates.
The EU has made itself economically...
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...
