I write about AI and Geopolitics
The AI boom has given Latin America a rare opening to move beyond its old role in the global economy. Whether it can seize that chance depends on turning resource wealth and technical ambition into lasting political and industrial power. Latin America’s AI push is not mainly about catching up in technology. It is about … Read more
What comes after the facts have settled By the time you reach the end of a series like this, the technical details have usually done their work. You know how the systems operate. You’ve seen where the legal architecture fractures, where corporate accountability dissolves into procurement loopholes, and where the Security Council veto acts as … Read more
Executive summary Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Israel are racing to become the Middle East’s primary AI hubs because AI is now central to economic diversification, regime security, military power, and regional influence in a US–China–dominated technology system.[cite:4][cite:43] All three are trying to secure compute, talent, and data, position themselves as indispensable … Read more
How the veto turns international law into theater Part 5 of Israel’s AI Revolution The promise that emerged from the ruins of World War II was simple: the law would mean something even when the powerful were the ones doing the killing. The United Nations Charter, the Genocide Convention, the Geneva framework — all of … Read more
Why Meta Really Bought Moltbook: The Acqui-Hire That Changes the Agent Timeline Meta didn’t pay for a Reddit clone for bots. They paid for the plumbing, the dataset, and proof that synthetic sociability works at scale. In Part 1, we traced Moltbook’s always-on agent directory—the architectural bet that let AI discover, message, and coordinate without … Read more