Nicolas Firzli

The Sino-American Age of Geoeconomics is upon us: from energy infrastructure to tech sector startups, it will soon reshape the way we trade, invest and communicate in this reprint of our March 2019 editorial/presentation originally published in Riyadh and Washington, we look at the likely financial and industrial impact of the “intensifying Sino-American race, which…

reprint of our April 3, 2018 editorial published originally by Financial Times Pensions Expert (FT Px) Last year saw the unravelling of the prevailing order that had dominated the world economy since 1946, yet pension trustees feel empowered to flex their fiduciary muscles, if necessary going against their government’s views. On the heels of the Brexit…

in this 20 June 2023 interview on BBC News, Nicolas Firzli, EU ASEAN Ctr., deciphers the Biden White House geo-economic plan: 1) refocus on ASEAN, Australia, India and Japan (to the detriment of Europe and the MENA area), and 2) encircle China, “sapping its tech and engineering mojo”. Biden’s calibrated insults — calling chairman Xi…

8 August 2023 interview on BBC News Nicolas Firzli, EU ASEAN Center, assesses the situation in Rangoon in light of the recent findings of the United Nations Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.  The Burmese junta is “not likely to be overly  affected by the report”: Myanmar’s military rulers are de facto shielded by the country’s remarkable…