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Ehtesham Shahid

Ehtesham Shahid is an editor and researcher based in the UAE.

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Digital currencies can boost inclusion in Middle East and Asia

Digital currencies are emerging as a beacon of hope in the often-elusive dream of financial inclusion, particularly in Asia and the Middle East.

August 10, 2024

The implications of AI for regional security

If innovation strengthens national security, artificial intelligence magnifies it. Think of AI as the magnifying glass that takes the power of human ingenuity and focuses it into a laser beam of efficiency and precision.

May 30, 2024

The shifting contours of a multipolar Middle East

Consensus is not always the natural outcome in discourse related to the Middle East. However, most theorists agree that the end of the Cold War profoundly reshaped the region’s geopolitics.

March 30, 2024