Tech & Innovation
Anthropic Challenges Pentagon Blacklisting
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense after being designated a national security supply chain risk, a...
Beyond the Superpowers: The Rise of a Sovereign AI Axis in Asia
As Amartya Sen once argued, development is ultimately about expanding freedom. In the twenty-first century, that freedom is increasingly mediated by algorithms, data flows,...
Relevance of Sun Tzu’s Strategic Thought in the USA-China Tech Rivalry
In contemporary geopolitics, existing power, i.e., the USA, and the rising power, i.e., China, are colliding in the quest for power and dominance. One...
Beijing’s Tech Blueprint: China Signals Next Phase in Global Innovation Rivalry
China’s annual meeting of the National People's Congress will outline how Beijing intends to convert recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, robotics, and space technology...
Countering AI-Driven Disinformation: An International Synthetic Media Disclosure Agreement
Few technological developments have reshaped society as profoundly as the rise of generative AI over the past decade. These systems have reshaped how people...
Developments Under PAROS: Securing Outer Space
Over the past few years, states have increased their use of satellite technology in the military sphere, as it has high strategic value in...
Silicon Valley’s New Diplomacy: When Platforms Become Foreign Policy Players
For much of modern history, diplomacy had been the exclusive business of states. Governments answerable to citizens or institutions negotiated treaties, passed messages through...
Caught in the AI crossfire: How Latin American and other Middle Powers could lose the race they never joined
The language of an AI race suggests a sprint between two or three giants, but the most consequential politics may unfold in the space...
Human or Bot? Who’s Really on the Other Side?
From what one should eat to what one should say, AI chatbots on your phone have the final say. The choice of bots, though,...
The AI Revolution Is Reshaping the World. Why Isn’t Africa at the Table?
A Continent at the Edge of a New Divide
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the organizing principle of global power, yet Africa—the world’s youngest continent...