Amira Al-Said provides authoritative context to complex international issues through long-form investigative reporting. Her work offers deep-dive analysis of long-term global trends.
The 2026 Iran war is not merely a military conflict in the Middle East, but also a reflection of the fragility of global energy arteries, the collapse of the Middle East security architecture, and the failure of great-power coordinated diplomacy. This article interprets, from a structural perspective, how this conflict has become a microcosm of the transformation of the world order.
From Montreal's thirty-year debt repayment to Milan-Cortina's joint hosting, the right to host the Olympics has shifted from global glory to a financial burden. This article analyzes the structural causes of cost overruns and why international governance reforms struggle to break the impasse.
A Pew Research Center expert survey shows that most experts have mixed feelings of anticipation and concern about digital life in 2035. This article analyzes the structural changes brought by digital technology over the next decade from three dimensions: knowledge encoding, algorithmic persuasion, and social governance.
A systematic study based on 138 documents points out that the failure of cross-border cooperation is not accidental, but a structural product of the threefold misalignment of institutional design, political dynamics, and socioeconomic environments. This article re-examines these mechanisms and analyzes the cracks deep within global governance.
How does a top Chinese economist understand AI's disruption of the labor market? Cai Fang's new book proposes that the overlap of demographic transition and technological revolution will determine the convergence or divergence of China and the global economy.
In the context of global supply chain restructuring and intensifying technological competition, Vietnam's industrial parks need to transform from traditional production spaces into ecosystems that integrate innovation, green energy, and digital technology, in order to attract high-end foreign investment and support the national industrial growth goals.
A case of a person rescued by lung cancer screening after quitting smoking for many years reveals the structural potential of low-dose CT screening in preventive medicine, as well as the underlying logic of the global public health system's transformation from treatment to prevention.
PwC's latest report reveals Canada's infrastructure investment gap and structural challenges. This article analyzes from a global perspective how Canada can shift from fragmented planning to an integrated system, and address funding, skills, and geopolitical pressures.
This article analyzes the paradox of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) during the 2026 Iran conflict: while the conflict reinforces its logic of decentralization, it also complicates its implementation because the corridor's nodes are located in hotspot regions. The article explores three types of shocks—physical, financial, and political—and points out that the corridor's survival requires structural adjustments in governance, financing, and alternative routes.
CBS News's latest program juxtaposes “Germany’s rearmament” with “egg freezing.” At first glance, these seem like two unrelated topics, but in fact they both point to a turning point of the era: Europe’s security logic is returning to a focus on state capacity and long-term risk management, while social structures and individual choices are also being reshaped by technology and cost.
The collaboration between Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Google is more than the implementation of a digital project; it also reflects how emerging economies are using cloud computing, AI, and data analytics to reshape tourism competitiveness and redefine the global division of labor in national branding, destination marketing, and cultural storytelling.
Under the triple impact of geopolitical conflicts, inflationary pressures, and artificial intelligence reshaping employment, global markets are no longer merely waiting for answers from the Federal Reserve or a particular war; they are relearning how to price uncertainty.