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Giancarlo Valori In 2021 cyberthreat actors around the world increased the pressure on security issues, and it is no exaggeration to say that 2022 could be the most challenging year ever. With a view to helping security teams better face challenges, security vendor ZeroFox has recently released the …

Terri Langston The generally excellent Berlin daily newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel, has just cut off its nose to spite its face. In a move that leaves it bereft of its most thought-provoking weekly columnist, the editors have effectively forced out Harald Martenstein, who has worked at the newspaper since …

Hoyu Huang As the world closely watches the development of the Russian-Ukraine war and the further escalation seems possible,  other international parties have also attempted to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv to reach for a cease-fire.  Russia and Ukraine haveagreed to start the negotiation in Belarus recently, giving …

Ekaterina Blinova China opposed the West’s unilateral sanctions against Russia and barred the SWIFT ban, saying that it has no basis in international law. The FT admitted that Beijing could reduce the pressure of the restrictions by bolstering Russo-Chinese mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, hi-tech, banking, energy, and …

Junaid Ahmad Can infrastructure investments provide a strong stimulus for the Indian economy? The answer is a resounding but conditional yes: conditional on how the investments will be financed and spent. Size versus Leverage The policy discussions on how to finance infrastructure inevitably focus on the size of …

A new report launched today by the World Economic Forum reveals that the semiconductors, electronics and pharmaceuticals sectors are leading the way in the digital transformation of manufacturing. The Manufacturing Transformation Insights Report 2022 offers new insights and findings emerging from the new Global Smart Industry Readiness Index …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The recent discussions on the Monroe Doctrine in European and US academic circles and in the media have mainly focused on George W. Bush’s and Trump’s Administrations. Although both Administrations were ruled by the Republican Party, foreign policy often conflicted. In the English-speaking world most …

The future of work—with advanced technologies and new working arrangements—is here and is changing economic opportunities and employment relationships. However, according to the 2021 APEC Economic Policy Report, certain economic structures, laws and institutions across APEC remain products of the past. The report highlighted four megadrivers of the future …

According to a new survey, six out of ten expect that products and services using artificial intelligence will profoundly change their daily life in the next three to five years and half feel that this has already happened. 60% of respondents believe that products and services using AI …