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Blend youth with experience to navigate geopolitical risk

August 5, 2025 • by Fabian Buder, Felix Rüdiger in Geopolitics • 6 min read

Many senior executives see geopolitical turbulence as business as usual. A new study shows younger leaders are more willing to accept the true nature of change. Their views must be heard, say...

How trade tensions are transforming the rules of competitiveness

July 31, 2025 • by Fabian Grimm in Geopolitics • 10 min read

As global economic tensions persist, the economies that win the “negotiations over percentages battle” are taking the media spotlight. However, the economies and regions that recognize deeper patterns of adaptation and position...

Europe’s Strategic Compass: Time to act, not react

July 25, 2025 • by David Bach in Geopolitics • 7 min read

Europe must act as one to stay competitive and secure. Unity, ambition, and strategic alignment are no longer optional—they're the path to leadership....

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Turn geopolitical turmoil into transformational capacity

July 22, 2025 • by Katharina Lange in Geopolitics • 10 min read

Rather than choosing between crisis mode and future planning, leaders should learn to focus simultaneously on both short and long-term goals....

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Why China is well-equipped to deal with disruption

July 17, 2025 • by Mark J. Greeven in Geopolitics • 11 min read

China’s shift from reaction to reinvention is a long-running transformation built on policy foresight and internal restructuring that global turmoil and the tariffs war have only served to intensify....

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Unexpecting the expected to adapt to a changing world

July 15, 2025 • by Martin Fellenz in Geopolitics • 9 min read

In volatile, fast-changing, and complex situations, received wisdom and expertise can become a liability that’s hard to overcome. Here are seven ways to change your mindset....

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Europe needs Chips Act 2.0 to compete in digital race

July 10, 2025 • by Bruno Le Maire in Geopolitics • 5 min read

Former French finance minister Bruno Le Maire says Europe needs to act urgently to secure its supply of semiconductors or face relegation to the global slow lane. ...

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How to survive on PLUTO, a radically different planet

July 8, 2025 • by Mike Rosenberg in Geopolitics • 9 min read

A new framework encourages leaders to see the world as PLUTO – polarized, liquid, unilateral, tense, and omnirelational. It’s time to think differently and embrace stakeholder capitalism....