Archive for the “Strategic foresight” category

What we can learn from Africa’s response to Mali

by admin on April 12, 2012

Earlier today, the Malian Parliament speaker, Dioncounda Traore, was sworn in as interim president of the country. A spokeswoman for the US Department of State described this as a “very good step” for Mali, and that’s because it is. Indeed, I would (…)

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Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge For Our World

by admin on March 14, 2012

Last week in Rabat, Morocco, we launched the Global Food Security Forum, which was created as an initiative of OCP Group (the world’s leading provider of phosphates based in Morocco). We felt the particularly urgent need to do this now, because as climate change (…)

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Obama at APEC: America is still welcome

by Richard Attias on November 21, 2011

Although his remarks at the recent APEC CEO conference in Hawaii earlier this month were mostly serious, US President Barack Obama opened with a joke. “This is my birthplace, I know that was contested for a while,” he said. “I (…)

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