Political aftershocks of COVID-19
The White Paper outlines how regulatory restrictions may lead to costly shifts in value chains with examples including:
Data localization requirements implemented by public authorities that restrict the collection, storage and accessibility of personal, government and other types of data;
Measures to restrict applications of machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI)
Laura Burns, US Political Risk Product Leader, Financial Solutions, Willis Towers Watson, said, “If data is the new oil, as the saying goes, might Big Tech be the new Big Oil? Today, it appears that competition for dominance in high technology may become central to geostrategic competition, just as oil did from the 1850s to present. And as these Big Tech companies operate, increasingly they may collide with the geopolitical objectives of Host Countries and Home Countries. The technology sector will continue to develop and adapt but its ability to work in a v
said, while the end game may be stability, there is more than meets the eye, as it were. there are sort of counterterrorism and national security interests here that are not delineated by just having regular troops on the ground in afghanistan. that s absolutely right. it s always a very sensitive subject for these host countries. this was also something we saw when the united states was getting ready to leave iraq and the iraqi government felt that the u.s. having that type of immunity would be an infringement of iraqi sovereignty and something that would be very sensitive for the afghan government, perhaps even create political problems as the afghan government tries to at least through political negotiations reconcile some of the differences that are ongoing in that country with parties that are considered enemies of the united states, including the taliban and elsewhere or other organizations. the problem there being obviously comes down to an issue of immunity. there s been alre
nuclear development, come to the negotiating table, but do not threaten the middle east with war. megyn: the iranian foreign ministry spokesman has already come out in the wake of these attacks that we talked about in the introduction, in india, in georgia, in thailand, and tried to blame israel for these even though it s israeli diplomats that were targeted, tried to blame israel for being behind this attack suggesting that you did it, israelis did it in an effort to tarnish iran s friendly ties with these host countries. your response to that, sir? maybe he should get a job working in hollywood as a script writer because it s totally ludicrous. one thing about the attack in this bangkok that was planned in thailand is that the man who blew off his legs was caught with an iranian passport. the thai authorities know these were six iranians who came into their territory to attack an us