Preparing For the Unknown

Shocks will continue. Building resilience is one of the most critical skills we can develop, as individuals and organizations. This is just one of 12 themes covered in the wrap-up we’ve created of our “Insights to Impact” publishing journey this year… At the beginning of this year, at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting inContinue reading “Preparing For the Unknown”

A Beginning Has Been Made. Oil Might Not Be Bought With Dollars Anymore But With Yuan.

Rashid Husain Syed, a senior member of Islamabad-based Back2School Forum, who is a Toronto-based journalist, consultant, and energy analyst and lived in Saudi Arabia for a quarter of a century says a beginning has been made toward Chinese request to Riyadh (and other Gulf Monarchs) to use yuan, for at least part of its oilContinue reading “A Beginning Has Been Made. Oil Might Not Be Bought With Dollars Anymore But With Yuan.”

Bangladesh, India Part of Alternative Supply Chain Centers. China Losing its Place as Factory of the World.

China is losing its place as the center of the world’s supply chains. China has been the factory of the world for the past four decades and ushered in an era of globalization and integrated supply chains. COVID-19 is pushing companies to diversify supply chains away from the country. They had already begun moving outContinue reading “Bangladesh, India Part of Alternative Supply Chain Centers. China Losing its Place as Factory of the World.”

COMMENT: Pak Reactivates Saudi, Kuwaiti Offer For Refinery in Gwadar, Balochistan

To meet fossil fuel demands till 2040, Pakistan has reactivated stalled Saudi & Kuwaiti oil refinery offers in Balochistan. The aim it seems is value-addition than just import of crude/petroleum from the region’s oil exporters. Storing & marketing them beyond may also be on the wish list. Express Tribune reports that Pakistan and Saudi ArabiaContinue reading “COMMENT: Pak Reactivates Saudi, Kuwaiti Offer For Refinery in Gwadar, Balochistan”

Is the Age of Fusion Upon Us?

Economically viable fusion energy will be one of the greatest boons in human history, but it remains frustratingly elusive Kahled Talaat in Tablet: The 21st century may one day be known more than anything else for the period when human beings transitioned from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Such a transition, as we knowContinue reading “Is the Age of Fusion Upon Us?”