This paper provides a commentary on the value of knowledge in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The semantics of knowledge provides the backdrop to the paper. The paper also dwells on the characteristics of the contemporary economy powered by knowledge and the frameworks that govern and manage it. The role that information and communication technologies have played in facilitating...

Strategic Trends Series

Dr. Victor Gervais

1 Jun 2021

Emerging technologies and the future of warfare

A consensus has grown among experts and policymakers that emerging technologies have the potential to change the character of war. Indeed, rapid advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, data processing, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies seem to be taken warfare into new and unexpected directions. As with previous era of rapid progress in science and technology, military organizations will be...

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Dr. Daniel Kirk

23 May 2021

Global teaching and learning in a post-COVID future

Abstract Education is a global endeavor, bringing governments and the private sector together to provide education across the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. However, education provision, funding, and status vary and are subject to increasing global inequity and opportunity. The global Covid pandemic has shone a light on education, highlighting weaknesses in the sector and the ability of some educationalists...

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Dr. Hae Won Jeong

Non-Resident Fellow - Assistant Professor of International Relations at Abu Dhabi University

Dr. Hae Won Jeong is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Abu Dhabi University, UAE. She is the author of the forthcoming book “South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy in the Middle East: Development, Political and Diplomatic Trajectories.” Jeong’s research focuses on the nexus of foreign policy and public diplomacy of West Asia and Asia-Middle... read more

Haitam Ain Ennas

Editor

Haitam Ain Ennas is an Editor at TRENDS Research & Advisory. He started his career at the African Training and Research Center in Administration for Development (CAFRAD), Morocco, and worked at a later stage at the Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) news agency. After moving to the UAE, Haitam worked as Editor/Translator for the Center for... read more

Michael Patchett-Joyce

Non-Resident Fellow, Law and Business

Michael Patchett-Joyce is a barrister with Ely Place Chambers, London. He demonstrates advocacy and advisory skills in conducting commercial litigation, especially in the fields of civil/commercial fraud, VAT, EU law, and professional negligence. He acts in cases requiring detailed legal research and analysis. Besides being a barrister with over 30 years’ experience, Michael is both... read more

Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner

Director of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)

Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner holds a Chair in Systematic Theology/Ethics at the Faculty of Theology at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (FSU) Jena, Germany, since 2002. He is also the Founder and Director of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS). Leiner studied philosophy and Protestant Theology at the University of Tübingen. In 1994, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Heidelberg awarded... read more

Dr. John Bruni

Non-Resident Fellow - Founder/CEO of SAGE International, Australia

Dr. John Bruni is the Founder and CEO of geopolitical think-tank SAGE International Australia (SIA), Adelaide, South Australia (est. 2008). John has played pioneering roles in asymmetric warfare in Australia and the UAE while working as an academic at the University of Adelaide. He also helped create the conceptual foundations for Australia, Japan, and US... read more

Dr. Ashraf Al Eisawy

Senior Fellow, Media Advisor

Dr. Ashraf Al Eisawy, an expert in the Gulf region affairs, has worked in several Gulf and Arab research centers. He specializes in security and strategic studies. Dr. Al Eisawy has published many books, most notably The American Policy in the Gulf Region After September 11 Attacks, A Comparative Study of the Gulf Wars; Impact... read more

Simon Lacey

Non-Resident Fellow, Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade

Simon Lacey is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade. He held the position of Vice-President Trade Facilitation and Market Access at Huawei Technologies in Shenzhen, China, where he was responsible for monitoring, managing, and mitigating trade and investment risks. Simon has worked in over 30 countries, providing training and... read more

Ibrahim Bakri

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations & Development

Ibrahim Bakri is Academic Coordinator of the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania. A Penn graduate, Ibrahim has served as a summit coordinator at the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. In this capacity, he helped coordinate two Middle East and North Africa Think Tank Summits, focusing on regional dialogue and communication. Bakri... read more

Dr. Fatouh Haikal

Political Advisor/ Director of Research

Dr. Fatouh Haikal is a Political Advisor of TRENDS Research & Advisory and Strategic Researcher with over 20 years of experience across many research centers in the Middle East. His areas of interest include Gulf security, extremism, terrorism, and Arab and regional affairs. Dr. Fatouh has published several books and studies, including one dealing with... read more

Dr. Justin Dyer

Political Science at the University of Missouri

Dr. Justin Dyer is a Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. He specializes in moral and political philosophy, jurisprudence, constitutional law, and American political thought, focusing on the perennial philosophy of natural law. Dr. Dyer is the author and editor of several... read more

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

The Executive Director of the IMF, United Nations Special Envoy for the 2030 Agenda , The UN Former Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, UN Relations, and Partnerships , The World Bank

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin is an economist with more than 30 years of experience in international finance and development. He is the United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda. Mohieldin was Egypt’s minister of investment from 2004-2010, and more recently, served as the World Bank Group Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda,... read more

Sharifa AlRaeesi

Resident Fellow

Sharifa AlRaeesi completed her B.A. in Quality and Strategic Management with a minor in International Business from the Higher College of Technology. She has interned at Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. With diverse experience in event management, Sharifa coordinates TRENDS Research & Advisory’s conferences and other activities. She is also enrolled in a... read more

Prof. Ding Long

Non-Resident Fellow - Professor of Middle Eastern studies

Ding Long is Deputy Dean and Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, School of Foreign Studies, at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), where he has been working since 1996. He is Deputy Secretary-General of China Arabic Education Association and Member of the Chinese Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Prof. Long has worked extensively... read more

Dr. Ilai Saltzman

Non-Resident Researcher, University of Maryland.

Dr. Ilai Saltzman is the Israel Institute Visiting Professor of Israel Studies and a Board Member at Mitvim – the Israel Institute of Foreign Regional Policy. Dr. Saltzman previously served as a Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, where he taught classes in International Relations, Israeli Foreign and Security Policy, and US Foreign Policy.... read more

Kamal Dib

Non-Resident Fellow, Political Islam

Kamal Dib is a research analyst and media monitoring expert who focuses on political, security, economic, and geostrategic investment risks in the Gulf, Middle East, and North Africa regions. He has 18 years of experience in the GCC across a range of responsibilities, including working in the diplomatic community. Dib’s research interests focus on Political... read more

Dr. José Ronaldo Souza Júnior

Director Macroeconomics Policy and Research, IPEA - Brazil

José Ronaldo Souza Júnior completed his doctorate in economics in 2013. Since 2017, he is the Director of Macroeconomic Policy and Research at Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada – Ipea (The Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research). Dr. José has worked as a researcher at Ipea since 2004 and as a professor at Brazilian Business... read more

Dr. Qamar-ul Huda

Analyst with Gulf States Analytics - USA

Dr. Qamar-ul Huda is an Analyst with Gulf States Analytics, a Washington-based non-partisan independent think-tank. He was a co-founder of The Center for Global Policy, a policy research center examining US foreign policy, global security, and geopolitics of the Muslim-majority countries. He was Senior Policy Advisor to the US Department of State Office of the Secretary... read more

Francis Aubee

Non-Resident Fellow - expert in African Affairs

Francis Aubee is an economist from the Gambia. He obtained an MSc in Emerging Economies and Inclusive Development from Kings College, London. In 2018, Francis graduated with a BA in Economics and a Minor in Political Science from McDaniel College, Maryland, in the United States. He has researched taxation, institutions, poverty, and inequality. Aubee’s current... read more

Anne Aly

Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Terrorism

Dr. Anne (Azza) Aly is Associate Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Australia, with a focus on radicalization, counter-terrorism, and countering violent extremism. Anne leads the Countering Online Violent Extremism Research (COVER) Program. Anne is the author of four books, including Terrorism and Global Security: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan). She was appointed to the... read more

Sumaya Al-Hadhrami

Resident Follow/ Head of Conference Department

Sumaya holds a Master’s Degree in Environment: Dynamics of Territories and Societies from Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, UAE, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. She is one of the founders of the first Khaleejy Students Union at the University of Minnesota, which associates with the social events of the... read more

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