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As Europe emerges from the depths of quarantine and recession, its geopolitical landscape will reveal a significant change, the result of trends that emerged before 2020. Since these trends disturb [...]

China and Russia are gaining wealth and influence in Europe with energy, banking, telecommunications and infrastructure deals that may entangle allies in relationships they cannot readily escape. Such moves should [...]

One of the most spectacular yet little-known stories of World War I and the Russian Revolution is the epic journey of the Czecho-Slovak Legion, whose exploits burst out of Siberia [...]

IN TUMULTUOUS TIMES, great stories are often lost to the larger sweep of history. The events unleashed by the Russian Revolution are the most tumultuous of the twentieth century. And [...]

The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy BY IVAN KRASTEV AND STEPHEN HOLMES Pegasus Books, 246 pages THE Light That Failed seeks to explain [...]

Fiduciary responsibility has prompted plan sponsors to find ways to reduce their fiduciary liability. Employers are consequently retaining consultants and sending selected employees to pension courses. However, several plan sponsors and trustees have not laid out an adequate audit trail related to the plan investments selection and monitoring process. Every plan sponsor must institute a written investment policy capable of demonstrating qualified fiduciaries based on Department of Labor requirements. Performance reviews of plan investments must be filed and investments must be diversified., Despite their fiduciary liability, many plan sponsors have not established an audit trail regarding the process for selecting and monitoring plan investments. Employers are increasingly concerned about their fiduciary responsibility [...]