More: Artificial Intelligence
ASEAN’s AI Boom Has a Geopolitical Due-Diligence Problem
In March 2026, Iranian drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Infrastructure built to support the Gulf’s...
Flying Blind: Why the Global South Needs Proximate-Risk AI for Food Security
A food crisis rarely arrives with a bang. It slips in quietly—through smaller bags of rice, thinner meals, and prices that change faster than...
Is America’s Power Grid Ready for the AI Boom?
The United States is racing to secure global leadership in artificial intelligence, expand domestic manufacturing, electrify transportation, and modernize its economy. Yet beneath these...
China’s AI future is being shaped by its young generation
The annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) is in full swing in Shanghai. At the opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote...
Xi Jinping’s 2026 World AI Conference Speech: What It Means for China and the Future of AI
China hosts the 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai from July 17 to 20, Chinese officials...
When AI Attacks Financial Trust: Why ASEAN May Become the Global South’s First Test Case
In February 2026, the Bank of Italy confronted a problem that sounded almost absurd: fraudulent videos and online content were circulating with the name...
Can China Lead a New Global AI Order and Challenge US Dominance?
Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled Beijing's most ambitious vision yet for the future of artificial intelligence (AI), presenting China as the architect of...
Xi unveils China’s vision for a new global AI order
Chinese President Xi Jinping has positioned China as the leader of a new global artificial intelligence (AI) order, using the opening of the World...
Can the EU’s New Digital Rulebook Turn Transparency into Governance?
A regulatory package as a long-term political strategy
The European Union’s recent digital laws are often described as a regulatory package. The AI Act, the...
What Is CXMT and Why Is It China’s Leading DRAM Chipmaker?
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is preparing to raise at least 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's STAR...