H.E. Mr. Alar Karis – AI For Good Global Leaders Spotlight
The Scientist-President Building an AI Nation As nations race to harness artificial intelligence, H.E. Mr. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia, is leading from a unique vantage point: not as a career politician, but as a scientist, educator, and architect of one of the world’s most advanced digital societies. For more than three […]
Trump Pressured the World Bank to Retreat on Climate Finance. Now What?
Days after the World Bank dropped its 45% climate finance target under U.S. pressure, the immediate fight over the benchmark is over. The bigger question now is whether climate resilience remains central to development finance, or becomes politically negotiable. The World Bank’s decision this week to scrap its 45% climate finance target marked a clear […]
Tomas Lamanauskas Is Helping Shape the AI Future From Inside the UN System
As the global debate over artificial intelligence accelerates, Tomas Lamanauskas has become one of the most important multilateral figures working to ensure that AI is not only powerful, but useful — not only disruptive, but directed toward the public good. Tomas Lamanauskas, the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, brings a rare combination of […]
OpenAI’s Reported 5% Offer to Washington Could Redefine Who Owns the AI Boom
OpenAI has discussed granting the U.S. government a 5 percent ownership stake in the company, according to a breaking report from the Financial Times, in a proposal that would mark one of the most significant alignments yet between a frontier artificial intelligence company and the federal government. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has discussed the idea […]
Iran’s Ceasefire Has Not Reached the Dinner Table
The war’s economic shock has rippled through global energy, food, fertilizer, and shipping markets. But inside Iran, the frontlines are now households, markets, and vulnerable communities bearing the cost of both conflict and government failure. The ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States has eased some of the immediate fears that gripped global markets. […]
Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Deploying Record Capital Despite War Volatility
Gulf state investors committed nearly $54 billion in the first half of 2026, underscoring how sovereign capital is reshaping global markets, technology, and development priorities. Gulf sovereign wealth funds are on pace for a record year, deploying historic levels of capital even as war-driven volatility, oil market shocks, and geopolitical uncertainty ripple across the Middle […]
Europe’s Quantum Race Enters Wall Street as IQM Lists on Nasdaq
Finland’s IQM becomes the first European quantum computing firm to list on a major U.S. exchange, signaling a new phase in the race to build quantum infrastructure Europe’s quantum ambitions have reached Wall Street. IQM Quantum Computers, the Finland-based superconducting quantum computing company, has completed its business combination with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. and begun […]
Somalia Peacekeeping Mission at Risk as U.S. Blocks UN Support Lifeline
Washington’s decision could reshape the future of African-led security operations The future of Somalia’s African Union peacekeeping mission has been thrown into uncertainty after the United States said it would no longer support United Nations logistical assistance to the mission beyond the end of 2026, raising concerns that one of Africa’s most important stabilization efforts […]
Quantum Moves From Lab to Ledger as Crédit Agricole and Pasqal Target Real-World Finance Deployment
The expanded partnership signals a new phase for quantum computing—one focused less on theoretical breakthroughs and more on practical tools for risk, capital efficiency, and financial resilience. A New Phase for Quantum in Finance Crédit Agricole CIB and French quantum computing company Pasqal are deepening a strategic partnership aimed at bringing quantum computing into the […]
Ebola Outbreak Risks Becoming a $3.6 Billion Development Crisis for Africa
A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa is no longer only a public health emergency. It is rapidly becoming a development crisis. A new assessment from the United Nations Development Programme warns that the current Ebola Virus Disease outbreak could cost African economies up to $3.6 billion, push 985,000 more people into poverty, […]
