An opportunity to reclaim industrial policy
ONE OF THE SEMINAL global developments of the last three decades has been the phenomenal rise of China as an economic and military power. In terms of...
31 March 2020
An opportunity to reclaim industrial policy
ONE OF THE SEMINAL global developments of the last three decades has been the phenomenal rise of China as an economic and military power. In terms of...
24 March 2020
Cuba – a Real Hero
GOOD NEWS is scarce right now as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to wreak havoc and fear across the globe. However, amid the global res...
17 March 2020
Life in the Epicentre of COVID-19
AS I AM writing this article, there is an eerie calmness resting over Geneva which belies the panic and sense of helplessness currently enveloping ot...
10 March 2020
COVID-19 and Health Governance
WITHOUT A DOUBT, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a global public health crisis of grave concern. At the time of writing, the viru...
03 March 2020
Global Compact on Digital Taxation Needed
The digital economy might still be at an adolescent stage, but it is already huge, and it will continue to grow rapidly. Twenty years ago, Amazon was ...
25 February 2020
Beware the next Trade War
After more than two years of trade tensions which threatened the entire global economy, the United States (US) and China announced a phase one trade d...
18 February 2020
The Significance of the CARICOM-Canada relationship
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, was set to meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders at the convening of the the 31st Intersessional Co...
11 February 2020
Creating pathways for women in leadership
In many societies around the world, the representation of women in both political leadership and corporate governance is still in the minority. Accord...
04 February 2020
Viruses Without Borders
In a world of hyper-globalization, people, goods, services and capital are moving across borders with a kind of speed and ease not witnessed by previo...
28 January 2020
Geopolitics coming home to roost
In my last article, I shed some light on some of the developments that are likely to emerge as the 2020s progress. Two of the developments I spoke abo...
