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32 published articles

  1. Education in a World of Work That Never Stops Changing

    Education in a World of Work That Never Stops Changing

    For a long time, the contract seemed relatively simple. People studied for fifteen or twenty years, learned a profession, and then relied on much of that knowledge for several decades.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 15, 202610 min read
  2. AI: The New Economy of Power

    AI: The New Economy of Power

    Artificial intelligence is becoming more than a technology: it is reshaping the distribution of capital, knowledge and strategic influence. A new economy of power is emerging, built on data and computing capacity.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 14, 202612 min read
  3. Major Contemporary Conflicts

    Major Contemporary Conflicts

    The proliferation of armed conflicts represents one of the most profound transformations of the contemporary international system. From Eastern Europe to the Middle East, from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa, from the Great Lakes region to South Asia, confrontations are becoming prolonged, overlapping, and increasingly involve a wide range of state and non-state actors.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 14, 202619 min read
  4. Competition: A Driver of Progress and a Source of Strategic Tension

    Competition: A Driver of Progress and a Source of Strategic Tension

    Competition is often described as a race. Individuals compete for jobs, companies for customers, and states for investment, technologies and resources. The strongest performers advance, the less efficient adapt or disappear, and innovation, productivity and growth are expected to emerge from this process of selection.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 14, 202612 min read
  5. Freedom of Expression: The Boundary Is Never in the Same Place

    Freedom of Expression: The Boundary Is Never in the Same Place

    The same message can be legal in Washington, punishable in Paris, removed from a platform in Brussels and impossible to publish in Beijing. The content has not changed. The boundary has. This is perhaps one of the most revealing contradictions surrounding freedom of expression. T

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 14, 20269 min read
  6. The Space Race: Orbital Control and Systemic Domination

    The Space Race : Orbital Control and Systemic Domination

    Space is no longer merely a scientific frontier: it is becoming a critical infrastructure of power on Earth. Satellites, communications and defence now place orbital control at the heart of a contest for systemic dominance.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 13, 202616 min read
  7. Technology, dependency and sovereignty: do democratic states still govern alone?

    Technology, dependency and sovereignty : do democratic states still govern alone?

    Digital infrastructure, platforms, semiconductors and data systems have become essential to public action while remaining largely controlled by private actors.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskJuly 13, 202614 min read

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