Climate change sell-out or landmark global warming fightback? Whatever your point of view, Cop28, the 28th such meeting of its kind, was not short on controversy. This year the event was held in Dubai and 84,000 people registered to attend. Critics often point to the carbon footprint of moving this many people from place to […]
A Win for Labour?
The surprising rise of the U.K’s Labour Party in the polls opens the possibility of an upset in the U.K.’s general elections which would be a good thing for Europe but more than anything else shows business that it needs to be ready for different scenarios.
Trump Kowtows in Ryadh
In an historic about face, Trump meets with Arab rulers and gives them cart blanche to crack down on extremists in the region and sides with them in the looming struggle against Iran.
Digital’s Dark Side: Inequality and Unemployment
If we build a world of artificial intelligence, autonomous cars, advanced manufacturing and other digital technologies, we may be in deep trouble if it leads to rising economic inequality and mass unemployment.
Tomorrow’s Cars: Connected, Electric, and Maybe Autonomous
A number of well financed start ups are working on new electric, connected and autonomous vehicles and they may happen sooner than we think.
ASEAN & Chinese Hegemony
While North Korea was in the headlines last week, what is potentially more threatening to regional security is China’s continuing expansion of its naval assets in the South China Sea and the apparent acquiescence of the ASEAN nations in general and the Philippine’s President, Rodrigo Duterte in particular.