By Shashi Bellamkonda ·
Thinking about the past decades, I asked Gemini for a analysis of the best decade. The question of which decade was "best" depends entirely on whether one prioritizes the stability of the Western middle class or the survival and upliftment of the global population. When evaluating the metrics of extreme poverty, child mortality, and life expectancy, the data reveals a surprising front-r…
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The Intelligence Theft: Geopolitics of Model Security
The AI landscape shifted today as Anthropic formally accused Chinese AI labs of industrial-scale model theft. This move s…
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The Latency of Command
There is a quiet consensus among effective leaders that the moment rank must be articulated, authority has effectively been lost. The phrase "Good …
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IntroductionFor the past decade, enterprise cloud architecture was built on a simple premise: data could flow freely across borders to wherever compute was cheapest and most effic…
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The 150-Day Tariff Window: Navigating Supply Chain Volatility in the Era of Executive ExceptionThe regulatory environment for global trade has entered a period of profound instabi…
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The Strategic Pivot: Pax Silica, the SCOTUS Tariff Rebuke, and the New Economic OrderDeep AnalysisFebruary 21, 2026
The global events of February 20, 2026, represent a struc…
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Strategic Context: The New Framework for Trade and TariffsEnterprise planning requires a stable regulatory baseline, but current events are proving that foundational economic poli…
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