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Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed published in the South China Morning Post, Asia’s largest English language newspaper which I wrote with Stuart Macintosh pointing out lessons to be learned for the Chinese banking system, particularly its smaller regional...

Dear Bill Rhodes, I hope this email finds you well.  would like to express my sincere gratitude for taking the time to meet with me during my visit to New York. It was truly an honor to connect with a living legend and engage in a conversation about the challenges...

Dear Friends, Given the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the United States and the failure of Credit Suisse, O Estado de S. Paolo, which is the largest newspaper in Brazil reached out to me for my thoughts on the subject given my close...

Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed I wrote with Stuart Mackintosh of the Group of 30 on the recent collapse of Silicone Valley Bank and Signature Bank which covers why these banks failed and the institutions and individuals responsible for this debacle, and...

Dear Friends: Following is a link to a podcast I did with Stuart Macintosh for the European American Chamber of Commerce on the need to start planning now for the massive reconstruction challenges facing the Ukraine after the war is over.  It draws on the lessons...

Attached is a piece I wrote with Stuart Mackintosh which appeared in the South China Morning Post, the largest English language newspaper in Southeast Asia, on the opportunity for China to show whether it is really interested in helping to find an equitable solution...

Dear Friends, I have written the attached op-ed with Stuart Mackintosh emphasizing the need for the Ukraine to move ahead, not only on their debt problem, but more broadly putting together the equivalent of a Marshal Plan, to handle the rebuilding of Ukraine’s...

Dear Friends, Please find attached an opinion piece I co-wrote with Stuart Mackintosh which was published in the South China Morning Post warning of the ongoing decline of globalization which could make our planet less prosperous and more unlivable. Please let me know...

Dear Friends, Following is a link to a podcast I did for the European American Chamber of Commerce with Stuart Mackintosh on the history of sanctions and how that might apply to the western sanctions on Russia due to their invasion of the Ukraine.   Any thoughts you...

Dear Friends, Attached is an op-ed covering the possible success or failure of western sanctions on Russia for its invasion of the Ukraine. History shows that the outcome will be determined by the solidarity and perseverance of implementing these sanctions over time. ...