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Generative AI for the Long Game: A New Governance Model for the Global South
In the bustling democracies of the Global South, a dangerous pattern has quietly solidified. Leaders, driven by the relentless ticking clock of election cycles,...
Venezuela’s Debt Storm: The Global Race to Collect
The fall of President Nicolas Maduro has brought attention to Venezuela's severe debt crisis, which is one of the largest unresolved sovereign defaults in...
Trump’s Venezuela Strategy Poses New Geopolitical Risk for Investors
Global investors are facing new geopolitical risks following the U. S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, which may open access to the country's...
Symmetry without Strategy: Why the New Tariff Wars Could Break Global Growth
On 7 April 2025, the United States issued Executive Order 14257, saying it would match or exceed any tariff other countries place on U.S....
Technology – Mind – Health
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished colleagues, dear friends,
It is a pleasure and an honor to join this important gathering devoted to the intersection of technology,...
Why Does the Kuwait Investment Authority Still Matter? Success, Challenges, and Institutional Reform
Authors: Graciana Saragih and Karina Zahra*
Over decades, the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has emerged as a strategic instrument for nations to manage national wealth...
From Cold War to Code War: Humanising AI Governance
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic abstraction. It is here, quietly reorganizing economies, governance systems, and the meaning of human relevance. From predictive...
Why Digital Democracy Breaks in the Global South: From “Shaming” Dashboards to Harmony Radars
In her seminal work Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics, Nanjala Nyabola diagnosed a fatal flaw of the digital age: we are attempting to impose digital...
The Year of Living Dangerously – Europe and US Trade Relations in 2026
Upon entering the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump launched a trade policy ostensibly to reduce the US trade deficit with major partners,...
Financial Brief: A weekly roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 30
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
The final trading days of 2025 were dominated by the collision of political risk and monetary policy. An unprecedented White House threat to...