The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

The dollar still dominates global finance. But sanctions, frozen reserves, tariffs, gold repatriation, BRICS payment plans and rising geopolitical tension are forcing governments to ask a harder question: how much national security should depend on another country’s financial system?

Natural gas is not only an energy commodity. It is a feedstock for fertiliser, a foundation for food production and a strategic link between energy security, agriculture, industry and climate technology.

How executives and professionals can read the forces reshaping industries, distinguish signal from noise, and make better decisions about what comes next.