After decades of serving as the backbone of a rules-based global order, the United States, under President Donald Trump, is touting an “America First” agenda that extols narrow economic nationalism and distrust of international institutions and agreements. But a new type of international cooperation may be emerging – one that works around Trump
The ongoing conflict in Syria has much in common with the Thirty Years’ War, which devastated the heart of Europe – particularly the German city of Magdeburg, the Aleppo of the time – from 1618 to 1648. Viewed from a distance, the war was a succession of conflicts that visited immeasurable suffering upon Europe’s population, ending, with the Peace of Westphalia, only when all of the parties involved had become utterly exhausted
“If you want people to trust your brand and what you are selling, then you can only do that if you are being authentic,” says Kate Hudson, who co-founded Fabletics in 2013 after spotting a gap in the activewear market
Market volatility has surged lately, apparently vindicating those who have warned of lofty equity valuations. But, even as the US stock market suffered one of its worst weeks since the financial crisis, the eurozone’s public-debt market has remained relatively stable, with risk spreads – which have usually increased amid market volatility – scarcely changing, even for the peripheral eurozone countries
This may be the best, boring Olympics ever. And for South Korea, that's good news. There will be no post-Olympics fallout like there was in Rio de Janeiro. The economy doesn't need anymore drag than it already has
In low- and middle-income countries, insufficient access to medical care undermines health outcomes and disadvantages entire generations. But, in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach communities, technology is revolutionizing patients’ engagement with modern medicine. In a remote corner of Ghana, one “telemedicine” program illustrates just how effective digital care can be when coverage is extended to those on the medical margins
Forbes Kazakhstan продолжает серию интервью в рамках рубрики Q&A. На этот раз бизнес-аналитик Батырхан Тогайбаев поговорил с известным отечественным бизнесменом Кайратом Мажибаевым