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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty in the Face of 21st-Century Powers

“Artificial intelligence is not just algorithms or data. It is power, control, and sovereignty. The 21st century is being decided in servers, in submarine cables, and in digital laws that will determine who rules the new global order.” Artificial intelligence…

United States and China in the 21st Century

“The planet’s fate is no longer decided on isolated battlefields, but in the permanent tension between two giants competing for trade, technology, and power.” The 21st century has no fixed center. It shifts to the rhythm of the rivalry between…

On Our Daily Forward

For a while now, one question has been circling in my mind about how we inhabit digital ecosystems: from what stance do we speak? What position do we take when we participate, share, or interact in those spaces that, though…

Among Fossils and Philosophy: What a one-million-year-old Asian Skull does to our Theories

The digital reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 skull, discovered in Hubei in 1990 and dated between 940,000 and 1.1 million years ago, constitutes an epistemic event that goes beyond the merely archaeological. Precisely this week, an international team of paleoanthropologists…

Among Martian Rocks and Human Myths: A New Planetary Narrative

The recent finding by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars—a possible sign of ancient microbial life in the rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls—could mark a turning point in the history of human knowledge. What makes this discovery truly monumental is not only…

The Century of Critical Minerals. From Copper and Lithium to the Planet’s Energy Future

“The 21st century does not belong to oil. It belongs to those who control lithium, copper, graphite and rare earths.” Oil dominated the 20th century through wars, dictatorships and corporations that shaped modern history. Today humanity enters a new era.…

The Code and the Tao: Technological Bifurcation as a Reflection of a Civilizational Paradigm Shift

What appears to be a mere technological rivalry between Huawei and NVIDIA is, in reality, the tangible expression of a civilizational bifurcation. This essay argues that the competitive advantage announced by Huawei on September 18, 2025, does not primarily reside…

China: Technological Innovation Serving Better Lives and Human-Centered Cities

An ongoing development is the project announced in August 2025, where China took a significant step toward a paradigm shift in its urban and technological development by presenting a detailed strategic plan to transform its cities by 2035 into “cities…

Green Hydrogen on the Planet. The Race for Clean Energy

“Europe, China, the United States, and the Gulf are competing with subsidies and megaprojects. Behind climate discourse lies a struggle for energy hegemony and the promise of a new industry that can become a lever of sovereignty or an extractive…

Bone Glue Bone-02: The Chinese Medical Revolution that Repairs Fractures in Three Minutes

In an unprecedented scientific advance in orthopedics, a team of Chinese researchers led by Dr. Lin Xianfeng in Zhejiang Province has developed an innovative bone glue called Bone-02, capable of joining broken bone fragments in just three minutes without the…

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