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The decision shifts the balance within OPEC and could have an outsized impact on smaller producers.An analysis by Carole Nakhle. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Post-Cold War integration increased prosperity but did not eliminate rivalry. Emerging powers and strategic risks are driving a prolonged transition. An analysis by Eka Tkeshelashvili. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Attacks on Amazon’s cloud facilities in the Gulf underscore how data centers have moved from digital infrastructure to contested strategic assets. An analysis by Henrique Schneider. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Only sustained, coordinated regional pressure can bring down the Iranian regime and end the turbulence it foments across the Middle East. Comment by Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. Read the full comment here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

China’s ties with Iran are based on utility – and if the costs rise too high, Beijing could set Tehran aside. An analysis by Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Prediction markets increasingly outperform traditional forecasting by monetizing collective intelligence amid declining institutional trust.An analysis by Vahan P. Roth. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Mineral-producing nations are turning the shortcomings of the G7 and BRICS into bargaining power.An analysis by Bob Savic. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

A new U.S.-China framework aims to contain tensions rather than eliminate them.An analysis by Riley Walters. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Without policy reform and African cooperation, anti-immigration sentiment will remain a crisis for South Africa.An analysis by Ralph Mathekga. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Armenia’s warming relations with Europe, Turkiye and Azerbaijan are both a product and a driver of fading Russian influence in the South Caucasus.An analysis by Stefan Hedlund. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

OpenAI’s evolution reveals why governing transformative AI increasingly demands institutions beyond markets and governments alone.An analysis by Uri Gabai. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

The Hormuz crisis revealed LNG supply vulnerabilities, but global gas markets are poised for expansion, driven by improved diversification and energy security.An analysis by Carole Nakhle. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

The NATO summit in Ankara delivered quiet success, spotlighting Europe’s growing reliance on Turkiye’s military muscle and a renewed transatlantic bond. Comment by Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. Read the full comment here. This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Central banks were created to protect the value of money. Instead, they are eroding citizens’ prosperity. Comment by Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. Read the full comment here. This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

UK politics will be reshaped by identity, demographics, legal paralysis and fiscal strain, shifting voters into nationalist, cosmopolitan and liberal blocs.An analysis by Steve Davies. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedInThis episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI tool, based on GIS reports, and features synthetically generated voices.

Mali’s escalating crisis reveals how state failure, insurgency and resource competition increasingly intertwine.An analysis by Federica Saini Fasanotti. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Oil and gas have long powered Algeria’s stability. President Tebboune’s New Algeria seeks bold diversification, but success may remain elusive.An analysis by Teresa Nogueira Pinto. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The Iran conflict and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have driven oil prices higher, putting fresh pressure on government budgets across Southeast Asia.An analysis by Adinda Khaerani Epstein. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Unable to match Western and Chinese spacepower, Russia is pursuing a path of asymmetric orbital deterrence.An analysis by Lamont Colucci. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Turkiye will use the NATO summit in Ankara to strengthen its place in Europe’s evolving defense architecture.An analysis by Alper Coşkun. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

In this episode of Unconventional Knowledge, GIS managing editor Andrew Kureth speaks with Vahan Roth, CEO of Swissgrams AG, about artificial intelligence, universal basic income and the future of work.The discussion examines why AI has revived the debate over UBI, and why Roth remains skeptical that automation will create the abundance its supporters expect. He argues that finite resources, energy and capital still matter, even in an AI-driven economy.The episode also explores the role of work beyond income, from structure and purpose to social connection, savings and investment. Roth warns that UBI could weaken these incentives and increase dependence on the state.The conversation closes by looking at how governments may respond to AI disruption, with Roth arguing that deregulation, reskilling and entrepreneurship would be better answers than higher welfare spending or new AI taxes.A skeptical look at whether universal basic income can solve AI disruption, or whether it ignores basic economic reality.

AI-driven automation has revived calls for UBI, yet resource limits, inflation risks and mixed human responses challenge its feasibility and benefits.An analysis by Vahan P. Roth. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Strip away comforting illusions, and the hard truth is that prosperity demands productivity, not politics.An analysis by Enrico Colombatto. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Russia could well test NATO by attacking Lithuania, but Vilnius is better prepared than most. An analysis by Stefan Hedlund. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Beijing is fusing ancient strategy with modern technology to turn space into the next geostrategic battleground.An analysis by Lamont Colucci. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

U.S. impatience with NATO burden-sharing and its pivot to the Indo-Pacific is driving NATO 3.0.An analysis by Emmanuel Martin. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Regional wars are pushing Kazakhstan into a pivotal role that may reshape Eurasian energy and trade routes.An analysis by Stefan Hedlund. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Central bank digital currencies will shape the future of money, but they may not resolve the problems of the past. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Drone diplomacy is expanding Kyiv’s geopolitical influence and leading to new security and strategic partnerships with Arab Gulf states.An analysis by Giorgio Cafiero. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Space is key to great power rivalry, as states compete for access to and control over space infrastructure that influences military, economic and informational leverage.An analysis by Lamont Colucci. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The Global Progressive Mobilization summit in April united leaders from 40 countries to counter Trump policies and deepen Europe-Latin America ties.An analysis by Alejandro Peña Esclusa. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

African geopolitics is rapidly transforming amid intensifying global competition for resources, connectivity and security.An analysis by Teresa Nogueira Pinto. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Albania has become a revealing test case for the balance of influence between Brussels and Washington in the Western Balkans.  An analysis by Klaus Wölfer. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

AI can personalize learning and streamline teaching, but risks weakening core skills.An analysis by Karl-Friedrich Israel. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Nearly 10 years after Brexit, the UK and EU are reassessing their economic and security cooperation.An analysis by Steve Davies. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Global fertility has plunged to record lows, shifting attention from overpopulation to a potential shortage of workers, taxpayers and innovators. An analysis by Diane Katz. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The World Cup is not detached from geopolitics. Yet it also preserves channels of engagement even when political relations deteriorate.  An analysis by Ian Oxnevad. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The Danish Model directly funds Ukrainian arms production – speeding deliveries, strengthening domestic industry and catalyzing allied and Gulf partnerships.An analysis by Stefan Hedlund. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Strait of Hormuz tensions and sanctions have pushed oil trade toward yuan, stablecoins and alternative rails, threatening the dollar’s global primacy.An analysis by Vahan P. Roth. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Modern peer review safeguards scientific quality yet is increasingly shaped by incentives, political priorities and funding challenges.An analysis by Karl-Friedrich Israel. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

AI will likely boost productivity while gradually transforming jobs and labor markets over time.An analysis by Adam Michel. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Beyond energy, traditional economic partnerships are under strain from surging prices of fertilizer for agriculture to helium for semiconductors.An analysis by Bob Savic. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

President Trump is confronting China’s BRI influence in the Western Hemisphere, targeting Venezuelan oil and Panama’s port control.An analysis by Junhua Zhang. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The U.S. president’s tariff strategy reshapes global economics while creating uncertainty around trade, technology and alliances.An analysis by Enrico Colombatto. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

What began as competition over innovation and market dominance is evolving into a struggle over strategic control.An analysis by Uri Gabai. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

The 2026 elections may intensify political divisions but will fall short of delivering major policy or governance changes nationwide.An analysis by James Jay Carafano. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

In this episode of Unconventional Knowledge, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein speaks with Adam Michel, Director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, about artificial intelligence, productivity and the future of work.The discussion looks at AI through the broader history of technological change, arguing that new technologies have usually made workers more productive rather than simply replacing them. It examines how AI could reshape sectors such as software, law, writing and administration, and why workers and companies that learn to use it will gain an advantage.The episode also explores the risks of AI enabling more bureaucracy and government control, especially in heavily regulated economies. Michel argues that societies will need clear limits on state power and more room for “permissionless innovation.”The conversation closes with a warning against seeing AI as a solution to public debt, growth can help, but governments still need to control spending.A focused look at whether AI will drive prosperity, or reinforce the bureaucratic systems already holding economies back.

The U.S.-backed postwar security order is fraying, forcing Europe to reconcile decades of social spending and free riding with the urgent need to rearm.An analysis by Mojmír Hampl. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Post-crisis monetary frameworks are here to stay, weakening policy transmission, complicating inflation control and blurring institutional mandates.An analysis by Nicolas Cachanosky. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn

Beijing’s new economic strategy reflects a broad shift from market-driven growth toward state-directed technological and geopolitical competition.  An analysis by Henrique Schneider. Read the full report here. 📚 Explore all GIS Reports📝 Read the weekly comments from Prince Michael of Liechtenstein🔔 Stay updated on the latest reports and analysis: LinkedIn & X📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter or subscribe directly on LinkedIn