AI and robotics could vastly expand production, but ownership, taxation and distribution will determine who benefits. Elon Musk’s vision of abundance may face its greatest obstacle not in technology, but in politics. At the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January 2026, Musk described artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics as “the path to abundance […]
The Agility Alpha: Why Minilateralism is Recoding the DNA of Global Power.
The 2020s have marked a definitive evolution in the landscape of global cooperation. For nearly eighty years, the international community has operated under the assumption that universal inclusivity—the principle that every nation must be at every table—was the primary metric of diplomatic legitimacy. Today, as we navigate the complexities of 2026, that paradigm is being […]
Centering the Global South Means Changing Who the World Trusts
The Global South Is Not a Case Study There is a persistent pattern in global conversations, one so normalized it often goes unquestioned. The communities most affected by inequality, debt pressure, climate shocks, fragile public systems, and uneven development are still too often treated as the places least qualified to define the solution. The Global […]



