Economic strain, demographic decline and sanctions are eroding Russia’s wartime resilience. Still, Vladimir Putin sees continued fighting as his best investment – a gamble the West must now counter wi ...

Despite relentless attacks and deep economic disruption, Ukraine’s financial system remains stable — a feat of resilience ...

Few economists can claim a résumé as eclectic as Kenneth Rogoff’s. Before he was advising governments and lecturing at Harvard as the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of ...

Long seen as Russia’s loyal partner in the South Caucasus, Armenia is undergoing a remarkable shift. As Western tech ...

Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep ...

What makes a successful leader? For some it’s measured by the bottom line; for others by company culture, connection and purpose. For the best it’s a combination of all of these, and then some. In ...

Every year, thousands of the world’s foremost leaders and business elite trek to the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland. In the Alpine town of Davos, geopolitical issues are hashed out, economic ...

In many ways, 2023 has been a bombshell year for activist investing. In January, US activist short-seller Hindenburg Research sent shockwaves through the business world when it accused India’s Adani ...

Building on the momentum of last year’s historic World Cup, Qatar is racing towards an exciting new phase of development. Seeking to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, Qatar’s next chapter will put ...

The world is on the verge of Disease X pandemic outbreak. Yes, the sound of it may pass as the stuff that can only be found in science-fiction blockbuster movies or bestseller novels. It also has the ...