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Exploring Technology, Mind, and Health with Global Academy
The Technology Mind Health half-day summit, hosted by the Global Academy for Future Governance (GAFG) and its partners, brought together interdisciplinary leaders, researchers, and...
A New Asian Tiger? How US-China Rivalry Is Aiding Vietnam’s National Rise
In the high-stakes arena of global supply chains, Vietnam is the name on everyone’s lips. As multinational firms seek to de-risk from China, Vietnam...
The “AI Is The Future” Chorus Has One Caveat: “But…”
Last spring, CellarTracker, a wine-collection app, created an AI-powered sommelier to give honest wine recommendations based on individual tastes. However, the chatbot initially performed...
Financial Brief: A weekly intelligence roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 16
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS: This week underscores a pivotal global shift: major central banks are signaling the end of the rate-cutting cycle, tightening financial conditions as...
How China’s Innovation Strategy Shapes New Productive Forces
From the full implementation of the innovation-led development strategy to the proposal to develop new, high-quality productive forces, China has consistently placed innovation at...
From Probability to Possibility: The Algorithm of Aspire in a Fragmenting Global Order
We enter this moment in history with a world order that is no longer merely shifting—it is fragmenting. Institutions that once claimed universality are...
China’s Opening-Up and Its Global Economic Impact
China has consistently adhered to its fundamental national policy of opening up to the outside world and has taken concrete measures to promote the...
Musk’s Mars Mission: A Bold Vision That Could Cloud the SpaceX IPO
Investors interested in SpaceX's upcoming IPO should prepare for some unpredictability as CEO Elon Musk pursues both his ambition of reaching Mars and the...
Tourism, Power, and Dependency: The Case for a Mercantilist Gambia
Tourism has been said to be The Gambia lifeline. The Smiling Coast has been receiving thousands of visitors who come to the region due...
Why Small Language Models Are the Real Path to Digital Sovereignty in the Global South
Beyond the Illusion of Sovereignty
Across the Global South, governments find themselves pulled into the race to build national large language models (LLMs). These efforts...