global competitiveness

Quantum technology stands at the threshold of a revolutionary era, much as artificial intelligence has already begun to reshape industries, societies, and the global balance of power. While the public and media remain fixated on AI’s disruptive promise, quantum computing and its associated...

If you believed language wars belonged solely to fantasy novels and the odd Tolkien symposium, think again—Malaysia’s ongoing tug-of-war over the primacy of English versus the national language, Malay, is alive, multilingual, and kicking up controversy. As debates swirl from government chambers...

No country ever got rich, interesting, or globally relevant by perfecting red tape—yet in South Korea’s exuberant start-up scene, the emotional weather report is still “regulation with a chance of exasperation.” Beneath Seoul’s neon skyline, in chic glass-walled spaces like Maru 360, founders...

UFOs Help Innovative Thinkers Look to the Future Where should forward-thinkers look when they seek innovative ideas? Perhaps to someone -- or something -- that's more innovative than they are. From Saturday to Tuesday, more than 100 of the world's leaders in business, politics...