Beyond the Soul of AI: Art, Ethics, and the Future of Human Expression
On June 26th, the weekly Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Robotics training program successfully held their sixth session with massive enthusiasm. This session discusses digital...
Closing the AI Readiness Gap: A Global Imperative
I was compelled to write this after reading the Generative AI Outlook Report 2025 by the European Commission. It’s a dense, policy-rich document—but one...
Balancing Act: How ASEAN Navigates China’s Expanding BRI Influence
As global power rivalries intensify, Southeast Asia finds itself at the epicenter of geopolitical recalibration. The ASEAN Investment Report 2024, which shows a sharp...
Pakistan Rejects Disinformation Surrounding Israel-Iran Escalation
Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, the internet has become a generating ground for misinformation, deepfakes, and manipulated content. This risks manipulating public...
The Perils of Bilateralism: Why South Asia Needs a New Diplomatic Imagination
The long-standing disputes in South Asia, especially the India-Pakistan standoff, have been hard to solve using traditional methods. Diplomacy, which is commonly hailed as...
Iran’s NPT Exit: What It Means for Global Security and Diplomacy
As tensions escalate between Iran and its Western adversaries, the Iranian government is now considering one of the most consequential diplomatic withdrawals in contemporary...
Balancing AI Regulation and Innovation: How the FAST Framework Empowers the Global South
Imagine building an AI highway in the Global South. If we erect too many toll gates and surveillance checkpoints at the start, local startups...
From Plato to Populism: The Crisis of Democracy as a Moral Idea
The idea of democracy has been more than a political system over centuries; from Plato’s Republic to the rise of twenty-first-century populism, it has...
From Algorithms to Empathy: A Global South Framework for Trusted AI Adoption
AI Is Speaking. But Few Understand It.
Across the world, governments are racing to publish AI ethics guidelines, build regulatory sandboxes, and draft national AI...
From Automation to Exclusion: Rethinking AI Efficiency in the Global South
A Civil Service Transformed: The Case of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is currently conducting one of the most significant experiments in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI)...