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  Technology is no longer merely a sector of the economy; it has become the economy itself. Over the last three decades, waves of digitization have woven code into every productive process, while the arrival of generative artificial intelligence promises to automate cognition itself and disrupt most industries and professions. During this period, technology companies have become […]

  In March 2000, European Union leaders launched the Lisbon Strategy, an ambitious vision to make the EU the world’s most competitive economy by 2010. The goal was to foster a knowledge-based economy and a seamless internal market. Since then, the commitment has been repeated like a mantra – but the target date has continually been […]

  The American-British trade relationship, once framed primarily by economic liberalism, is emerging into a nexus of investment, trade and technology security amid strategic alignments in the face of rising global tensions. For the United Kingdom, whose economy is still adjusting to the post-Brexit and post-pandemic environment, the goals of the United States-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) […]

  The tragedy of the Syrian people, which began in 2011, continues in horrifying ways. The war, which displaced a third of the country’s population and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, has evolved through various phases involving internal factions and foreign actors. Syria became a battlefield for local, regional and great power interests. Western […]

  Russia is increasingly losing its grip on some of the former members of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus, the Caspian basin and Central Asia. This gives rise to new scenarios. China is very interested, which is certainly not in Europe’s interest. However, Turkiye, a true regional power, is also gaining influence in these […]