Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 1 January 2015


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Editor, Foreign Affairs


Inside This Issue:
"The Calm Before the Storm," by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Gregory F. Treverton

The Black Swan author explains why volatile states such as Lebanon are often more stable than they appear--while decades of political calm in countries such as Syria can conceal explosive vulnerabilities.

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"The Power of Market Creation," by Bryan Mezue, Clayton Christensen, and Derek van Bever

Cutting-edge research from Harvard Business School on what kinds of innovation drive self-sustaining development and how it could be used to change poor countries forever.
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"She, Robot," A Conversation with Helen Greiner
Helen Greiner, cofounder of iRobot and founder of CyPhy Works, talks to Foreign Affairs about robots, Star Wars, and how to bring futuristic technology to market.

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"The Man Who Sells Everything," A Conversation With Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, talks to Foreign Affairs about what drives him and where he's leading his retailing behemoth.