Influence

UAE’s BRICS Summit debut marks shift towards ‘concrete action’

As the 2024 BRICS Summit is starting today in Kazan, Russia, I shared comments with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian…

1 year ago

A World Between Orders. The New Face of Global Geo-economics

On September 24th, 2024, I had the pleasure of discussing with Şafak Herdem, Managing Partner at HERDEM Attorneys at Law…

1 year ago

Inside the UAE’s business-first soft power diplomatic drive

In a Deep Dive article into the UAE's Smart Power strategy, I shared views with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian…

1 year ago

Geopolitical risks and their repercussions on the economy

Nicolas Michelon, Founder of Asia Power Watch and CEO of Asia Intelligence Advisory, was honoured to discuss with Feyza Gümüşlüoğlu…

2 years ago

‘Under siege’: Businesses need to focus on geopolitics as current global order erodes

I shared comments with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business, on the urgency for corporates to make geopolitics their main…

2 years ago

China’s Logink platform as an economic weapon?

In 2007, China began implementing the strategy encapsulating the new world reality that “data is the new oil“. Through the…

2 years ago

BRICS: Next expansion could include Turkey, Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria but major rifts remain

I was quoted by Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business, on the potential new members of BRICS+ in the group's…

2 years ago

Geopolitics will ‘hit you where it hurts’

Is BRICS+ setting the stage for a post-dollar world?In this latest episode of the AB Majlis podcast, I was invited…

2 years ago

Colombia is unprepared to handle the risks of Chinese tech investment

This article, co-authored with Daniel Poveda and Christian Heinze, is part of the report "Understanding China's Tech Footprint in Colombia",…

2 years ago

Unrestricted Warfare, The Siege of Jadotville, and the Turkish Story of Progress

In Episode #3 of the "Geopolitical Musings with Confluence" podcast, Confluence Consultants Partner & Asia Power Watch Editor Nicolas Michelon…

2 years ago