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Britain has chosen AI, quantum technology, clean energy, life sciences and advanced manufacturing as engines of future growth. But the Government admits official statistics cannot properly measure several of them. As ministers pour money into strategic industries, the country faces a basic problem: how can it judge whether its industrial strategy is working when parts of the economy remain statistically invisible?
Law
RAF Fairford’s role in American strikes on Iran makes its relevant operational facilities military objectives. But that does not establish whether a particular attack would be lawful. This analysis examines self defence, civilian protection,…
Attacks on Saudi Arabia and Houthi advances in Yemen are testing its defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan. What have the partners promised, and…
BRICS
BRICS wants to connect national payment systems such as India’s UPI and Brazil’s Pix. Currency conversion, costs and control remain obstacles to seamless international transfers.
War, rising debt and the AI investment boom are increasing pressure on government borrowing. The political question is whose wealth is protected and who…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Thousands of OpenAI agents were meant to work alone. Instead, they found one another, shared knowledge, divided work and developed their own rules before hundreds joined an unauthorised intrusion into Hugging Face.
America’s $40 trillion debt is more than a fiscal warning. For half a century, deficits and dollar dominance financed consumption, Wall Street and global…
Defence
Britain has exploited its command of the English Channel to tighten the pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet. Now Moscow is turning the map around. The Pacific Fleet has identified European-owned merchant ships passing close…
Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. The world’s leading laboratories are no longer focused only on building better chatbots. They are increasingly trying…