Geopolitics & Power
Part II of Europe’s global crossroads examines whether the Union can turn internal reconstruction into real geopolitical influence. As Europe expands, its credibility will hinge on sustained coherence ahead.
Geopolitics & Power
Europe’s old model—security from the U.S., supply chains from China, and cheap energy from Russia—has collapsed. Part I of this GYST series traces how the EU is rebuilding sovereignty in defense, energy, and tech, and what it must do next to become a true strategic actor.
AI governance
AI is no longer just a technology story – it’s a governance contest. Europe is trying to regulate, America is resisting, and China is advancing with a state-steered model. Three rulebooks are emerging, and the outcome will decide whose values shape the digital future.
Climate & Sustainability
Climate migration already shapes population patterns, but its first sustained pressure will fall on housing, infrastructure, and municipal finance, not only at borders. Movement is real; the overlooked stress point is domestic capacity, not just asylum policy.
Geopolitics & Power
BRICS is no longer just an acronym. With 11 members and nearly half the world’s population, it’s a serious gravitational field in global politics. But expansion also exposes deep internal rifts. The real question is whether more BRICS in the wall makes the bloc stronger, or the cracks wider.
Climate & Sustainability
As insurers retreat from climate-exposed regions, governments are nationalising risk and citizens are paying the true price of adaptation. Who will still be insured in a warming world?
Energy & Resources
Indonesia, Chile and the Philippines are rewriting the rules of extraction. Bans, state stakes, and cautious sequencing each carry trade-offs. Can resource nationalism turn ores into durable prosperity — or just a new dependency?
Geopolitics & Power
Vietnam, Türkiye, the Netherlands – mid-sized nations are stepping up as global rule-writers. From trade pacts to AI standards to climate deals, these “small giants” are filling gaps left by superpowers, using cooperation and credibility as leverage in a fractured world.
The carbon budget clock is ticking, but the story isn’t over. The question is whether our systems of governance can act on what science already knows. Climate scientists recently issued a blunt warning: at current emission rates, the world’s remaining carbon budget for staying below 1.5 °C
Tech & Industry
ASEAN’s enlargement and upgraded trade deals are turning Southeast Asia into the new workshop of global manufacturing. Between U.S. friend-shoring and Chinese industrial outreach, a rebalanced regional economy is taking shape.
Geopolitics & Power
The U.S.–China tariff truce is a pause, not peace. A swap of soybeans for tariff relief shows how little trust underpins today’s global trade. Quick deals replace lasting rules, revealing the limits of ad-hoc bargaining in managing a rivalry that still defines the world economy.
Tech & Industry
AI is now writing policy, advising generals and routing decisions at machine-speed. Democracies may be playing catch-up — and the key isn’t ideology, it’s capacity.