Economy

The war opened Poland’s way out of the costly Qatar contract

Energy Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - November 12, 2026.

Poland’s largest energy company, Orlen, terminated a long-term contract for the purchase of liquefied natural gas from Qatar on 10 November, four days before the...

AI and its uses are not beyond our control

Technology Dani Rodrik - November 9, 2026.

People facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, the Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross famously wrote, experience five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The...

Why data centre political interventionism will fail

Economy Daniel Lacalle - November 9, 2026.

Data centre moratoriums have moved from the fringe to the mainstream of American policy in little over a year. Moratorium activity rose from about 1%...

Convincing an algorithm you’re human

Technology Elise Quevedo - November 8, 2026.

Imagine spending years developing your writing voice, only to reach a point where a machine tells you it sounds artificial. Worse still, you start to...

Are AI data centers the losers of the American election?

Technology TA | AP Insight - November 6, 2026.

After a campaign season filled with outrage against artificial intelligence data centers, the midterm elections ushered in a wave of Democrats pledging to clamp down...

Brazil wants its share of the industry that the West is taking away from China

Economy TA Analysis - November 6, 2026.

On 5 November, Brazil’s government adopted a list of 27 minerals that it considers vital to the country’s economy and security, and which will receive...

Should the ECB bail out France?

Economy Desmond Lachman - November 5, 2026.

The grandiose claim that “Britannia rules the waves” inspired the wry quip that, in fact, Britannia waives the rules. While the pun was meant as a...

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