Publications
385 published articles
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TechnologyArtificial Intelligence Is Redesigning Data Centers
With its new M8000 computing module, China's ZTE illustrates a profound transformation of the digital industry. As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for computing capacity, technological competition is increasingly shifting toward electricity, cooling systems, a
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Oceania & PacificTuvalu: Can a State Survive the Disappearance of Its Territory?
In Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, the boundary between land and ocean has never seemed more uncertain. On this Pacific atoll, homes, roads, government buildings and the airport occupy such a narrow strip of land that the sea is never far away, even when it remains out of sight.
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TechnologyJapan: In Search of the Solar System’s Origins
On the night of October 19–20, 2026, an H3 rocket rose above the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. On board, a spacecraft weighing nearly five tonnes carried an unusual ambition: to travel hundreds of millions of kilometres, reach one of Mars’s moons, collect a few gram
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AfricaAfrica: The 4.5% Trap
Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow by 4.5% in both 2026 and 2027, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest projections. Behind this resilience to global turbulence, however, lies a less reassuring reality: a regional economy that continues to expand without trans
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Oceania & PacificNew Caledonia: Nickel and Sovereignty
In Nouméa, the smokestacks of the Doniambo metallurgical plant have dominated the industrial landscape for generations, telling a story that is inseparable from New Caledonia's history. Nickel has shaped the territory's infrastructure, trade relations, social structures, and political ambitions.
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CorporateArtificial Intelligence: The Price of Growth
As artificial intelligence becomes one of the principal engines of global investment, the financial statements of its most prominent companies are beginning to tell a more complicated story than their technological achievements suggest.
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GeopoliticsTurkey–Libya: Ankara Reshapes the Mediterranean Balance
On October 20, 2026, a parliamentary vote in eastern Libya altered the diplomatic balance of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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EnergyOil: Maritime Transport Is Becoming a Decisive Factor in Crude Pricing
For decades, the global oil market has been understood through a relatively straightforward equation: production, consumption, and inventories determined most price movements. That framework is becoming increasingly inadequate.
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EurasiaKazakhstan: The Quiet Power at the Heart of the New Eurasian Order
Positioned between Russia and China, at the intersection of European, American and Asian strategic interests, Kazakhstan is emerging as one of the pivotal territories in the transformation of the international order. The world's largest uranium producer, a major oil exporter and an essential link in Eurasia's evolving trade networks, the country possesses considerable strategic advantages.
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Trade & IndustryJapan: The Industrial Price of the American Alliance
By committing to mobilize up to $550 billion to support investment in the United States, Japan is participating in a profound transformation of the economic relationship between Washington and its allies.
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TechnologyAmazon Challenges Nvidia Where Its Dominance Runs Deepest: Software
With the launch of TorchNeuron, Amazon Web Services is seeking to dismantle one of the main barriers to the adoption of its Trainium processors: developers’ dependence on Nvidia’s software ecosystem.
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PoliticsFrance 2027: the forces in contention
In the spring of 2027, French voters will choose a new president. They will also decide what they wish to preserve from a decade of transformation, what they want to undo and what they remain willing to build together.