Economic warfare

How port disruption and risk at Hormuz affect global trade

On Day 4 of the US/Israel war against Iran, I shared comments with Jennifer George for Fast Company Middle East…

1 month ago

A treasurer’s survival guide to navigating geopolitical risk

In my latest opinion piece for AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight, I am proposing a treasurer’s survival guide to…

5 months ago

Are the US and the EU being outflanked by China in the Middle East?

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sarwar Kashmeri on his podcast Polaris Live to answer this and other…

7 months ago

Gulf walks trade tightrope amid Trump’s tariff volatility

As the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro is just ending, I shared comments with Valentina Pasquali for AGBI…

9 months ago

Trade Under Siege

Many thanks to Dr. John Bruni of SAGE International for his kind invitation to speak in "Trade Under Siege", the…

10 months ago

Navigating corporate geopolitics in a world between orders

In the midst of Trump's tariff shenanigans and escalating US-China trade war, I wrote an opinion piece titled "Navigating corporate…

1 year ago

Rethinking Global Tariffs in the Age of US-China Tensions

On the sidelines of the TRENDS Symposium on April 12th at Grand Palais in Paris, I had the privilege to…

1 year ago

US-China trade war brings pros and cons for the Gulf

I shared comments with Valentina Pasquali for AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight on the consequences for the Gulf economies…

1 year ago

The GCC’s quiet exposure to Trump’s high-stakes trade strategy

I shared comments with Rachel Clare McGrath Dawson for Fast Company Middle East on the rationale behind Trump's high-stakes trade…

1 year ago

Is Europe ready for a NATO without the US?

In an interview in Istanbul by Feyza Gümüşlüoğlu for EKOTÜRK, I discussed the following points:📍the peace negotations between Trump and…

1 year ago