Opinion Article

Has China peaked?

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 [...]

Iran strives to become a pan-sectarian Islamic power

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 [...]

Uber driverless EVs: the urban transportation revolution

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 [...]

FINDING THE ‘CRAIC’ (AGAIN) IN VIENNA — A PERSONAL KEYNOTE SPEECH —

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 [...]