By Paolo von Schirach President, Global Policy Institute; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, both in Washington, DC How big is the China challenge to the West? Maybe not so overwhelming as we thought; but still huge. We know that the incredible decades of China’s relentless 10 per cent a […]
Photo courtesy of the Iranian Foreign Ministry via Amwaj Media. By Ahmad Sayer Daudzai In 1979, Iran’s Islamic Revolution marked a significant milestone by overthrowing a secular government in the Middle East and establishing a theocratic, Islamist system, unprecedented in contemporary history. In the subsequent decades, the primary goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran […]
By Paolo von Schirach President, Global Policy Institute; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, both in Washington, DC The promise of electric vehicles, EVs, is that they will do away with internal combustion engines powered by oil derived gasoline. The elimination of internal combustion engines will translate into a dramatic […]
By Paolo von Schirach President, Global Policy Institute; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, both in Washington, DC The Economist recently noted that The Netherlands, with a population of only 18 million, has more data centers than the entire African Continent, population about 1.4 billion. Africa will not have an […]
Opinion Article by: Adam Casals Finding the “Craic” (again) in Vienna —A Personal Keynote Speech— This article is a more detailed version of the keynote speech offered to the distinguished guests of the Abrahamic Business Circle Investors Roundtable that was celebrated in Vienna on June 25th, 2024. « Let us celebrate the ‘Craic’ with all […]
Opinion Article by: Dr. Frank Musmar The possible re-election of Donald Trump as US president in November 2024 could entail a significant upheaval for the world trading order if he fulfills his announcements to raise tariffs (60 percent against Chinese goods, 10 percent against products from the rest of the world), mainly in order to […]