Geopolitics
Beyond Chatbots and Slowdowns: The Geopolitical Struggle for Technological and Economic Sovereignty
Australia's latest budget positions specialized AI for industry-specific problems as key to national productivity, while China's economy shows a worrying slowdown with weak domestic demand and a struggling property sector. This juxtaposition reveals the precariousness of nations navigating a world of Western-designed technological dependencies and volatile geopolitical headwinds, where true development requires sovereignty, not just software.
