Focus area

Geopolitics

How AI shifts power between countries, and where emerging markets sit in that.

What we ask

Who builds, who buys

A few countries and firms build the models. Most countries buy them.

Chips, data and cables

Export controls and data centres decide who can use AI.

Choosing partners

How Gulf and African states pick between AI powers.

Whose rules win

Which standards spread when countries write AI laws.

Our research

Further reading

Work by others that we build on. We are not affiliated with these authors.

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