Frank Schell is a business management consultant presently engaged on a global energy project. He was an independent senior consultant for Charles River Associates, a global consulting firm based in Boston, MA (2009-2011) in the risk management and strategy practices. His earlier career was in corporate banking, including over twenty years with the First National Bank of Chicago and its successors (1981-2002). He had a number of international and domestic positions and was a member of senior management. He has substantial experience in business management, emerging markets finance, risk management, public policy, and international affairs. Postings in international banking included Kenya, London, and Brazil where he was country head for First Chicago. Mr. Schell was assistant treasurer of Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation, a wholly-owned defense/aerospace subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (1978-1981). He started his banking and finance career with Continental Bank in 1972. Industry board affiliations included the National Foreign Trade Council and the Bankers’ Association for Foreign Trade. Mr. Schell was a Lecturer on South Asian affairs at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago 2010-2018 and a guest lecturer 2009, where he served on the Dean’s International Council. Mr. Schell was based in northern India with the U.S. Peace Corps (1969-1972). He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Stanford University. His numerous essays on global affairs and South Asia have appeared in the Far Eastern Economic Review, Chicago Tribune, NationalStrategy Forum Review, American Spectator, and at Gateway House of Mumbai, India. He speaks German, Hindi-Urdu, Portuguese, and French.
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U.S. action in Venezuela has resurrected the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine which sought to prevent foreign interference in the Western Hemisphere. Originally intended to keep European colonial powers away, it has been reinterpreted over the years beyond that. Donald Trump has reasserted and updated it to the “Donroe Doctrine,” to revitalise U.S. regional hegemony – and through it, some reduction of Chinese and Russian influence.
America’s allies say they will recognise a Palestinian state by September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire and a two-state solution. Apart from rewarding Hamas, creating a new state has multiple legal, cartographic, social and military implications that have not been considered. Better to provide much-needed food and medical aid for now, than posture for a solution.
This book follows the O’Dwyer vs. Nair libel case which brought the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 to public life, and spurred India’s nationalist movement. Through the case, it recounts the life of Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair who was a critic of Gandhi but also of the British government and publicly held Michael O’Dwyer, lieutenant governor of Punjab, responsible for the massacre.
U.S. President Donald Trump is back for a second term, and India and the U.S. together have much to gain from it. The bilateral has grown tremendously over the decades, with technology, scientific and trade ties deepening and expanding. Also, both countries have a common interest in addressing the ascent and bullying tactics of China.
The U.S. presidential election campaign has produced two stunning developments: the attempted assassination of Trump and the withdrawal of Biden, under severe pressure from leaders of the Democratic Party. Putting optics aside, observers should focus on the ideological differences between the two candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which will be on display on Sept. 10 when they debate the issues.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has global strategic implications. Santa Clara County, the home of Silicon Valley is nearly the size of Hong Kong. A meltdown of Silicon Valley would be catastrophic for U.S. leadership in the technology sector, especially when the U.S. and China are engaged in a technology race for supremacy in commercial and military applications.
U.S. President Joe Biden was vulnerable on several issues with a low approval rating. Yet the Democrats defied expectations in the U.S. midterm elections, and there was no red wave. Why? Possibly because women, Donald Trump and political dramatisations affected the final outcome.
The old world order and the manners and values that went with it, have come to an end. Many of its aspects and aesthetics are outdated, but some remain – like the word ‘pukka’ which implies a certain sensibility, now with a new interpretation. Will its meaning hold in the new world order that has yet to emerge?
The upcoming Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Biden, has high expectations from him. With trust in the U.S. having suffered badly, it remains to be seen how much confidence the democracies at the summit will have in American efforts at restoration of world leadership.
Swiss bankers, long perceived as smart and the epitome of security, have lately projected themselves as venturesome players in a global theatre of high risk. It didn’t pay off, their involvement with Greensill Capital and Archegos Capital, resulted in major financial losses and a loss of cachet.
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