Geopolitics
The Snow Leopards of Imperial Foresight: How Western Think Tanks Frame Global Trends to Maintain Dominance
The Atlantic Council's 'Global Foresight' identifies six underappreciated phenomena with world-changing potential, including private tech companies entering conflicts without state authorization, brain circulation reshaping global talent flows, kelp's climate mitigation potential, erosion of human rights treaties, AI-driven cultural erasure, and neurotechnology's ethical dilemmas. This Western-centric analysis dangerously overlooks how these 'snow leopards' could further entangle Global South nations in neo-colonial power structures while privileging Western corporate and geopolitical interests.
