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Why Putin Still Has Leverage After Four Years of War

The battlefield is only one source of power. Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of the easiest mistakes to make is to measure Vladimir Putin’s leverage by territory alone. How many kilometers has Russia captured?

The New Race for Space

For decades, space looked like the domain of governments. The United States. Russia.

What Happens When Biology Becomes Programmable?

For most of human history, biology was something we could observe. We could breed plants. We could selectively breed animals.

Why AI Needs More Than Better Models

There is a seductive idea in AI: Build a smarter model and everything follows. But intelligence doesn't exist in isolation.

AI Is Not Just a Software Revolution

AI began as a software story. Algorithms. Neural networks.

How Drones Changed Modern Warfare

For most of military history, hiding meant something. You could put soldiers underground. Move equipment at night.

The AI Companies Building the Models vs. the Companies Building Everything Around Them

The AI market is often presented as a battle between model companies. But there are actually several businesses hiding inside the AI economy. They build foundation models.

The Future of Law Belongs to Lawyers Who Can Do More Than Practise Law

Eya Arfaoui is an AI and Technology Law Researcher, Founder at Eon, and a Strategy and Business Development Lead. Her interests sit at the intersection of emerging technologies, legal innovation and business strategy.

The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence

AI is often described as the next technology revolution. But it is also becoming a geopolitical one. Because advanced AI depends on things that governments already care deeply about:

The Russia–China Relationship Is Bigger Than Ukraine

The easiest way to understand Russia and China is to look at Ukraine. It is also one of the easiest ways to misunderstand them. Because the relationship between Moscow and Beijing did not begin with the 2022 invasion.

What Happens When Countries Start Treating Data Like Oil?

Oil changed geopolitics because controlling a physical resource could create enormous economic and strategic power. Data is different. You can copy it.

What Putin Actually Wants From Negotiations

Every time peace talks appear on the horizon, the same question returns: What does Putin actually want? The answer is more complicated than “Ukraine.”

Why Infrastructure Attracts Long-Term Capital

There is a reason pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other long-term investors keep looking at infrastructure. It isn't because infrastructure is exciting. Most infrastructure is the opposite of exciting.

Why Quantum Computing Is So Difficult

Quantum computing is often described as if someone simply discovered a faster kind of computer. That's not really what happened. A quantum computer isn't a normal computer with better processors.

THE CHIP WAR ISN'T REALLY ABOUT CHIPS

Open ChatGPT. Generate an image. Translate a sentence. Ask an AI to write code. Create a video. None of it looks particularly geopolitical. It feels like so