"The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must." So wrote Thucydides in the "History of the Peloponnesian War," and the Greek historian's cold-eyed observation still holds. But in today ...

Hard power uses material assets to compel and coerce others to bow to your will. War is not necessarily required; threats backed by economic and military assets may suffice to change how others behave ...

In investing, the most valuable signals are often the ones that sit just beneath the surface. Markets are efficient at ...

Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”) or attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power; ...

The capture of Maduro was a swift military success, but it commits the U.S. to long-term political and strategic consequences. America’s display of force has unsettled allies, emboldened defense ...

For a decade, ESG wasn’t an investment framework—it was a quasi-religion. BlackRock preached it. Governments subsidized it, foundations worshipped it, and venture capitalists slapped an “impact” ...