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Check out the latest interview with Paolo von Schirach on Al Jazeera
Check out the latest interview with Paolo von Schirach on Al Jazeera, where he discusses "US Influence Challenged by Changing Global Order." In this interview, Paolo explores how shifting geopolitical dynamics, the rise of emerging powers, and evolving international alliances are reshaping the global balance of influence. #AlJazeera #Geopolitics #UnitedStates #GlobalOrder #ForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #WorldPolitics #GlobalAffairs #GPI
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Spectrum Wars: Why There Is No National Security Case for Opening the Lower 900 MHz Band for a GPS Backup
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. July 7, 2026 Spectrum is a major responsibility for the Federal Communications Commission, which is why the FCC is in the midst of internal deliberations about whether to open spectrum blocks to help with GPS resilience. The backstory is as follows. In 2025, the FCC set out to explore alternatives to GPS, the satellite global positioning system run by the United States Space Force and used by Americans every day. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told a harrowing story of the intense solar flares that briefly disrupted GPS receivers and stranded tractors back in May 2024. The FCC inquiry aimed to “explore other Precision Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems that can be complements or alternatives to GPS, with an emphasis on complementary systems.”
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The Hidden Cost of AI’s Rapid Rise
By Dr. Nishakant Ojha June 27,2026 Every technological revolution comes with a bill. The steam engine blackened cities. The automobile reshaped landscapes. Social media rewired attention. Artificial intelligence is no different. The difference is that this bill is arriving before most people have even realized they've ordered the service. The problem with AI was never going to be technology. It was always going to be the speed. In a few short years it has slipped into our inboxes, our classrooms, and our decisions, used by hundreds of millions of people who would struggle to say how it works or what it takes to run.
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Saudi Arabia managing regional instability
by Paolo von Schirach — June 22,2026 WASHINGTON – As the custodian of Islamic Holy Sites, Saudi Arabia enjoys enormous prestige and influence in the Arab world and beyond. Furthermore, the Kingdom is OPEC’s leading member. As the biggest oil producer and exporter within the fossil fuel cartel, Saudi Arabia can influence key decisions on oil production quotas within OPEC, and therefore also influence global oil prices, this way giving Riyadh the ability to shape or at least affect the world economy.
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The UAE has chosen the West
by Paolo von Schirach June 16,2026 WASHINGTON – The Abraham Accords signed on September 15, 2020 radically changed the political geography of the Middle East. It was not a total transformation; but the Accords broke a fairly solid “no deals with Israel” vast front that had been the major feature of regional politics, even while taking into account the normalization of relations that led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt (January 26, 1980) and then between Israel and Jordan, (November 27, 1994). Beyond diplomacy
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Washington Must Calibrate Expectations and Negotiate with Iran
By Ahmad Hashemi May 28,2026 President Donald Trump recently said that he was ready to resume strikes on Iran but held off on the plan at the request of Gulf Arab leaders. If anything, this is indicative of the fact that we have once again arrived at a perilous moment in American foreign policy—one that could drag us into another "forever war" in the Middle East. Yet, Trump’s military and national security advisors need to ask themselves if, militarily, the U.S. can achieve more than what has already been accomplished; considering that after a long 40-day campaign against Iran marked by real operational achievements but profound strategic failure, the limits of military power have been laid bare.
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Rethinking Mental Health Care Through Predictive Analytics and AI
By Janice Tagoe May 13,2026, Mental health systems around the world are facing mounting pressure. Rising rates of anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, and suicide risk are stretching already overwhelmed healthcare systems. At the same time, clinician shortages, fragmented care coordination, and limited intervention capacity continue to make access to timely support difficult for many patients. For years, mental health care has largely operated reactively, with providers stepping in only after symptoms become severe enough to trigger hospitalization, crisis intervention, or emergency treatment. That approach is beginning to change. Advances in machine learning are opening the door to a more proactive model of care.
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The Asset Price Distortion Bubble
By Martin Hutchinson May 6, 2026 The capitalist system works best when willing buyers meet willing sellers, and a free-market price is negotiated. In the real world of today, this market mechanism is to say the least imperfect. It falls down when governments get involved, with their unlimited funding from taxpayers. It also falls down if huge funds appear with their management’s incentives tied to something other than profit maximization for the fund’s investors. In 1929, 2000 and 2007, obvious “bubbles” appeared in particular classes of assets, respectively stocks, tech assets such as fiber optic cable and dot-coms, and housing related subprime debt. Today’s bubble appears an eldritch compound of all three types. Its Von Misesian collapse is inevitable and will doubtless be very painful and not long delayed. Student loans To begin with an asset class not normally thought of as part of the capital market, student loans
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Defence Industries must be the Backbone of a New European Security Strategy
By Laetitia von Schönburg May 5, 2026 The transformation of European defence is frequently characterised by renewed political commitment to improve countries’ security postures backed by increased defence spending. However, this perspective overlooks a more significant structural shift. Policymakers are increasingly identifying defence industrial capacity, rather than troop numbers or doctrinal reform, as the critical factor shaping a future European security strategy. More than just money This development reflects lessons learned from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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GPI-BAU talk series, When the Map is Wrong: Strategic Thinking and the Art of Updating Your Analysis
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the latest GPI–BAU Talk Series, When the Map is Wrong: Strategic Thinking and the Art of Updating Your Analysis. We were honored to host Donald P. Loren in conversation with Prince Taylor, Ed.D. for a thought-provoking discussion on adaptive leadership, strategic thinking, and navigating uncertainty in a changing global environment. Missed the event or want to revisit the conversation? Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmOoilcAVR0 #GPITalkSeries #StrategicThinking #AdaptiveLeadership #GlobalPolicyInstitute #BayAtlanticUniversity
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