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Talent · Policy · Nation Branding
Policy Structure and Brand: What Moves Talent?→
June 2026 · Brief 03
What Moves Talent? Why nations compete for talent and how structural access and national brand together shape where skilled people move and stay.
Soft Power · Sport · Geopolitics
The 2026 FIFA World Cup: Soft Power, Closed Borders, and a Tri-Host Fracture→
May 2026 · Brief 02
77 matches. Over one million ticket requests each. 39 nations barred from entry. The soft power paradox of a host nation generating record attraction while restricting who can actually cross the border.
Soft Power · AI · US–China
AI Infrastructure as Soft Power: The Splitting of the Global AI Stack→
May 2026 · Brief 01
China isn't just building better models — it's exporting the infrastructure layer of global AI through open-source licenses. When developers in Lagos or Berlin build on Qwen or DeepSeek, they're building on Chinese world-models. That's influence without presence.
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