https://www.scmp.com/rss/310455/feed Avi Jorisch is CEO of the Israel Economic Forum and a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. He is also the author of "Next: A Brief History of the Future". en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Avi Jorisch Avi Jorisch History rarely announces its turning points. More often, we wake up to find that the world we assumed was fixed has begun to shift beneath our feet. That is happening now. Artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and space infrastructure are advancing at a pace that stretches our political instincts – even our imagination. Each is transformative on its own. Together, they are becoming the new architecture of global power, an engine that will determine which nations shape the century ahead... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3333993/how-ai-quantum-and-space-technologies-will-define-asian-century?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3333993/how-ai-quantum-and-space-technologies-will-define-asian-century?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:30:08 +0000 As the recent hostilities in Gaza demonstrate, Israel stands at the forefront of a new kind of warfare. Israel is not alone in the need to confront radical forces that include terrorist organisations and oppressive regimes who deliberately seek civilian casualties on all sides as the core element of their military strategy; this is a long-term battle that other liberal societies will ultimately have to fight. Sooner or later most free democracies will face the same challenge that Israel is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1567700/warfare-targets-civilian-lives-must-be-made-unacceptable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1567700/warfare-targets-civilian-lives-must-be-made-unacceptable?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:45:30 +0000 Bucolic regions in the south of France represent the newest frontier for law enforcement and intelligence officials searching for dirty funds. Since 2008, thousands of people with alleged criminal connections have reportedly arrived in southwest France from eastern Europe, Hong Kong and mainland China to snap up vineyards to launder their money. European and Asian officials must take steps and curb this trend, including establishing trade transparency units to combat trade fraud. In its latest... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1342072/money-laundering-taints-wine-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1342072/money-laundering-taints-wine-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:30:30 +0000