Tag Archives: GEOPOLITICS
Navigating the New Geopolitics of Tech
Politics tamfitronics HBR Staff via AIRight now, businesses need to navigate two converging trends: 1) breakthroughs in critical and emerging technologies are redefining global power dynamics, economics, and security frameworks, and 2) geopolitical instability is disrupting supply chains, shifting alliances, and fueling competition over critical resources and technologies.Right now, two major trends are reshaping the world. First, breakthroughs in critical and emerging technologies — think artificial intelligence, advanced telecommunications, synthetic biology, and quantum computing — are redefining global power dynamics, economics, and security frameworks. Second, great geopolitical instability is disrupting supply chains, shifting alliances, and fueling competition over critical resources and technologies: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, and worries that Israel’s two-front war in Gaza and Lebanon could spark a conflict that engulfs the entire Middle East. Donald Trump’s re-election...
Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations
Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics Linux Foundation’s decision to ban Russian maintainers has the potential to destroy open source’s global collaboration modelByCliff Saran,Managing Editor Published: 30 Oct 2024 12:20Following the removal last week of Russian Linux kernel maintainers to comply with US policies, Linus Torvalds – the developer of the original Linux kernel – spoke about his concerns that there were lots of Russian trolls who could potentially infiltrate the Linux kernel. The decision to block the maintainers followed a compromise of the open source XY Utils software library, which was caused by a social engineering attack targeting the maintainer of the utility. “It’s entirely clear why the change was done. It’s not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to ‘grass root’ it by Russian troll factories isn’t going to change anything,”...
US election, geopolitics and UK budget fears dent global vacancies, survey shows
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The geopolitics of green minerals
Politics tamfitronics 10 July 2024By Jakob Feveile Adolfsen, Danielle Kedan and Marie-Sophie LappeThe green transition will significantly increase demand for key minerals over the coming decades. The impact on energy prices will ultimately depend on how supply adjusts. The ECB Blog looks at the geopolitical risks involved. The green transition relies on certain key minerals, in particular lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite. Assuming that the transition takes place in accordance with the Paris Agreement, demand for these key inputs will almost quadruple by 2040. The impact on energy prices will depend on how supply adjusts. Ensuring the necessary supply of these “green minerals” is therefore vital.Russia’s attack on Ukraine illustrated how geopolitical developments can significantly affect commodity markets and inflation. IMF research confirms this and underlines that geopolitical fragmentation might disrupt the...
