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Many of us who follow the stock markets scratch the top of our heads and think of the famous saying “When something is too good to be true, it probably is.” In Bucharest, despite the particularly worrying economic landscape, the…
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Central to the Washington administration’s stated policy agenda is a concern for working Americans by creating jobs and raising their standard of living. This goal is intended to be achieved by developing US manufacturing. Taken in isolation, such a goal…
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In an earlier post entitled “The Attack on the Western Auto Industry Explained” I referred to the five generic strategies that American Harvard professor Michael Porter identified as the only options of any business strategy. The first two are cost-based…
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The dramatic changes we are experiencing from a geopolitical perspective have caught Europe, but also Romania, off guard. The US is not only signaling a geostrategic and military decoupling from Europe, but its leaders seem motivated to encourage nationalist and…
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2024 was a truly special year. Around the world, more than 80 national elections were held, involving 4.2 billion people – over 50% of the world’s population. Foreign Affairs magazine estimates that an electoral cycle of this magnitude will not…
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The term “torn country” was consecrated by Samuel P. Huntington in his famous book The Clash of Civilizations. In essence, it is a country in whose social texture there are faults between the cultural and/or religious background of the society…
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That was not the plan. The European Union was not designed and created to become a geopolitical power. The intention, expressed explicitly or not, was that, after two world wars started in Europe, such an explosive context should never be…
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The rise of populism is a cause for concern all over the world. But the rise of this current of thought in Europe and the US is being watched particularly with concern, because of the major economic and geopolitical impact…
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The Western auto industry has been under a sustained attack by Chinese electric car manufacturers for over two years. The explanation present on most media channels refers to the alleged subsidies that the Chinese government gives to local manufacturers to…
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The other day, a friend who works in sales told me with frustration how, at a meeting with clients, one of the executives started praising the exceptional profitability of the company. Now, honestly, if at a car launch event the…
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