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		<title>Digital Sovereignty: Fragmentation of the Tech Free Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the internet was first launched, it held promises of a borderless world. You could buy a product from a Japanese company as easily as from your neighbouring market. You could store files in a cloud hosted in Dublin and stream a Hollywood movie right to your home TV. Fantastic, right? But, as time passed, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy is Reshaping South Asia and Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When China launched its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, it sounded exciting for the developing nations of Central and South Asia. The BRI held promises of being the modern Silk Road, bringing cooperation and economic growth to the region under the auspices of the world’s second largest economy. To the delight of these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wish to Build an Innovative Company? Fire Your Innovation Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you want your company to invent the “next big thing,” your first instinct might be to hire a Chief Innovation Officer (CINO). It looks great on a press release. Plus, it signals to investors that you’re serious about the future. But if you really want to transform your business, you should probably fire the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Regulatory Trap: Are the Most Regulated Industries the Least Innovative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why does it take 10 years to bring a life-saving medical drug to the public, but only 10 months to launch a social media app? It isn’t the science; it’s all about the red tape. We are currently living through a massive tug-of-war between two powerful forces: the need for safety and the hunger for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Geopolitics of Friend-Shoring: Free Markets in a Divided World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The global economy is changing fast. For decades, companies sought the lowest-cost producer. This was the core idea of the free market. Now, a new priority is taking over: geopolitical reliability. This shift is called “friend-shoring,” or moving supply chains to politically friendly countries. Governments and companies are equally wary of rivals and wish to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Core Conflict: Fiat Opacity vs. Bitcoin Transparency of Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What type of currency would you prefer for your everyday transactions? Government-issued money (fiat currency), like the US dollar and euro, or bitcoin, a decentralised digital currency not controlled by any central authority. The debate ultimately boils down to who controls and audits the flow of value. Rapid technological shifts, especially in decentralised systems, are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Privacy or Transparency &#8211; Who Gets to Decide?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m all for transparency. I’ve seen it playing a crucial role for businesses, helping build trust and leading to a higher level of engagement, loyalty and accountability. But should transparency be forced, that too by an entity that is inherently opaque about its operations? The Irony The modern regulatory landscape presents a profound irony. We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hidden Cost of Government Subsidies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the tools that governments worldwide use to drive the economy is industrial policy. They attempt to promote competitiveness in key sectors through targeted interventions. There is a strong and renewed global trend of governments actively intervening in key industries like semiconductors and green energy to achieve strategic goals. This marks a significant shift [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cybersecurity Pros Face the Dual Challenge of Cyberthreats and Compliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybercrime is getting smarter even as I write this. Threat actors today are leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create and implement highly sophisticated attacks. AI has made phishing and social engineering attacks more effective than ever before. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 found that nearly 47% of organisations cite adversarial advances powered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Proof of the Pudding is in Fasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Diet fads come and go. Most of the times, science proves these fads are either inefficient or unhealthy. But fasting isn’t a fad. It’s an ancient practice, followed in India for thousands of years. Modern science is now confirming what many cultures have long known. Fasting offers profound health benefits. The phrase, “The proof of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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