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Many of America’s cities are rapidly “dying,” as indicated by rising poverty, exploding violence, de facto insolvency, and diminishing populations. Furthermore, the COVID 19 crisis has pushed several formerly stable...

Evaluating 21st Century Digital Solutions
As digital technology advances at an ever-accelerating rate, managers are faced with more and more "make-or-break-decisions." How do these cutting-edge “digital decisions” compare to traditional investment decisions...

The Chinese Threat Is Not Going Away
For the first time in decades, the United States is facing an existential threat to its way of life and national security. And that threat won’t go away simply by changing administrations or "talking points." No specific...

The Climate Change Debate Goes On
A “religious” war over anthropogenic global warming (or AGW) continues to rage in the United States and globally. Part and parcel of that debate is a struggle over the role of fossil fuels in the global economy. ...

The Machine Intelligence Revolution Takes Shape
We’ve just entered one of the most exciting eras in human history. We’ve referred to it repeatedly as the Golden Age of the Fifth Techno-Economic Revolution. To realize its full potential, organizations are looking...
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The Art of Political Warfare
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America Responds to China’s Geopolitical Network
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