The Strategic Consequences of the Euro Crisis

07/31/2012
We have just published the second Strategic Inflection Report. This report focuses upon the Euro crisis and its strategic consequences. The Euro crisis is not simply a financial dynamic. It is the end of a period of history. The confluence of several trend lines: the unification of Germany, the end…

A Neutron Bomb in the Marketplace?

11/20/2011
11/20/2011 by Dr. Harald Malmgren The unique characteristic of a neutron bomb explosion is that it kills all the people while leaving all the buildings, homes, and other structures intact.  How much of the world could be at risk of a financial neutron bomb exploding in the Eurozone? World leaders…

Lessons of Tunisia “Leaderless” Revolution

01/19/2011
By Dr. Harald Malmgren 01/19/2011 - The collapse of the 23+ year reign of Tunisia’s autocratic leadership was the result of a revolt in the streets without apparent political leadership. 21st Century technology enabled discontented citizens to interact and organize, in a kind of spontaneous combustion across the entire country.…

The President’s Asian Journey

11/23/2009
By Harald Malmgren President Obama in China (credit: The White House, November 2009) As President Obama began his Asian journey, his White House aides said he viewed China as “America’s most vital partner in tackling the globe’s most intractable issues.”  The President himself said  “We meet at a time when…