Reading time: 3 minutes The microchip – a tiny, unassuming slab of silicon at the heart of an intensifying economic struggle between superpowers. This article explores the reasons behind the ever-increasing vitality of the [ … ]
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The FemTech Industry
Reading time: 5 minutes Breaching the taboo of womxn’s reproductive system through the use of digital tools A study conducted by the World Health Organization back in 2017 showed that approximately 810 womxn still [ … ]
How the Red Dragon came to rule the world: A tale of Chinese investments
Reading time: 6 minutes The paradigmatic shift of U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East exemplifies a new world order that has come to dominate the international political sphere. Old regimes are changing, [ … ]
Get ready for the storm
Reading time: 4 minutes Turns out Evergrande was never too ‘grande’ to fail Over the last couple of days, the Chinese company Evergrande has taken over the headlines due to fears of bankruptcy and [ … ]
4IR: What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how can leaders harness it
Reading time: 3 minutes Globalization 4.0 is here to stay. The international community is once more called to dissolve barriers and install linkages in order to overcome an uneven and slow-paced recovery in a decade that has been significantly [ … ]
Colombia’s Political Economy of Violence
Reading time: 6 minutes #nosestamosmatando A roadmap to understanding Colombia’s surging protests. For the past week, Colombia has been in the headlines of multiple national and international newspapers. On 28th April 2021, after the [ … ]
DC/EP: the two-sided digital coin
Reading time: 6 minutes The implications that the implementation of the digital yuan in China will have on the global economy The idea of Central Bank digital currencies is turning into a possibility of [ … ]
Mind the GAP(s): Monetary policy and the way out of the pandemic
Reading time: 4 minutes In 2020, the direction of policy support was evident due to the outbreak of the pandemic; monetary and fiscal policies supported the economy all around the world. But now we [ … ]