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06/16/26
The transformative value of the Thunderbird undergraduate experience
When students and families think about the return on investment of a college degree, the conversation often starts with one question: Will it lead to...
Faculty insight
05/06/26
The Strait of Hormuz isn’t a regional risk; it’s a global system failure
When tensions flare in the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz comes under pressure, it is easy to dismiss it as a regional crisis, another distant...
Faculty insight
04/30/26
Navigating geopolitical risk: Lessons from the oil and gas industry
Over the past several decades, globalization has created wide-ranging benefits and opportunities. It has boosted economic activity, improved industry...
Faculty insight
04/24/26
The Next Strait of Hormuz Isn’t a Strait: AI, Invisible Risk, and the Future of Global Power
For decades, global risk has been understood through a geographic lens. Power was mapped through physical corridors — straits, pipelines, ports, and...
Faculty insight
04/24/26
Leading at the Threshold: Readiness, Presence, and the Practice of Leadership in an Entangled World
Many leadership frameworks that have shaped organizational practice in this century share a foundational assumption: turbulence is episodic, a...
Faculty insight
04/20/26
Latin American talent transformed by a Thunderbird education
By Charla Griffy-Brown | Director General, Dean, and Professor of Global Digital Transformation, Thunderbird School of Global Management Emerging...
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