Choose Development, Not Destruction: Build Something New that Competes with War

A lesson history has repeated across regions and centuries is that states rarely become stronger by normalizing war as a strategy, because even military victories often trigger deeper economic exhaustion, social fragmentation, and long-term institutional damage. In the Middle East, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War quickly expanded into a global

Leadership Under Fire: Smart Statecraft for Managing the Middle East Crisis

💡The smarter frame is leadership under cascading crisis, not only diplomacy under war. War often reveals its truth too late. Long after the language of victory, deterrence, and retaliation has filled official statements, what remains are shattered homes, exhausted families, wounded landscapes, and leaders confronting a harder question than how

X‑Scholars｜Advancing STEM Education as a Catalyst for Science, Innovation, and Human Potential

X-Scholars' Value for Science and Human Potential as a Meta-Geopolitical Capacity X-Scholars believes that every nation and every individual possesses unique potential that can be unlocked, elevated, and strategically positioned through the purposeful integration of technology, culture, and STEM education. We hold that scientific capability and human ingenuity are

AI for National Potential: How X-Scholars Enables Strategic Innovation-Driven Growth

In a world where innovation capacity defines national power, countries that master artificial intelligence as a learning catalyst will lead the next era of growth. Recent policy moves underscore a new reality that both the United States and China have introduced mandatory AI education in schools to boost early AI

2026 New Year Brief ｜Innovation as Strategy in an Age of Systemic Competition

As the world enters a new phase of global transformation, science, technology, innovation, and artificial intelligence (STI/AI) have moved decisively beyond the realm of economic development policy. They now sit at the core of national strategy, shaping how states organize power, manage risk, sustain legitimacy, and position themselves within

Strategic Roadmap for South Korea–China Tech Cooperation from 2026

After years of cautious engagement amid geopolitical tensions, 2025 saw notable rapprochement. In November 2025, a presidential summit (South Korea’s President and China’s President Xi) produced multiple MOUs on reopening economic, cultural, and technology exchanges. South Korean innovation agencies immediately launched missions to Chinese tech hubs – e.g.

AI Economy for Developing APAC

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global economic paradigms, and the 21 member economies of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) are poised to harness this technology for growth. As APEC looks toward 2026, leaders are focused on leveraging AI for resilient, inclusive development across diverse national contexts. This article

Column: 25-Hour Digital Coast | Writing companies’ stories into a shared language for Asia-Pacific cooperation

中文版本 We are entering a new inflection point in business communication: information is more abundant than ever, yet trust is increasingly scarce; technology is more powerful than ever, yet cross-cultural understanding is more precious than ever. Young people crave authenticity and empathy, while business decision-makers value certainty that is verifiable

专栏名：25小时数字海岸｜把企业的增长故事，写进亚太合作的共同语言

English Version 我们正步入一个新的商业传播拐点，信息愈发丰沛，信任却愈发稀缺；技术愈发强大，跨文化理解却愈发珍贵。年轻人渴望真实与共情，商业决策者看重可验证与可转化的确定性。 “25小时数字海岸”选择站在两者之间——用Z世代的敏感捕捉亚太细微变化，用研究与商业方法把“感觉”沉淀为“证据”，把“好故事”锻造成“可合作的增长方案”。本专栏不以“观点有多漂亮”为标尺，而以一个更硬的结果为导向, 企业是否能因为叙事而更快建立信任、更有效达成合作、更稳健实现增长。为此，我们长期沉淀两类关键资产： 1. 亚太企业叙事 我们帮助企业把技术、供应链、产品、人才与价值观，翻译成亚太伙伴听得懂、愿意参与、能够落地的叙事结构——让表达不仅“打动人”，更“带来事”。 面向年轻人的叙事：更真实、更具体、更有场景感；用细节讲清“为什么值得相信”。 面向商业人士的叙事：更清晰的指标、

专栏名：人工智能时代的战略阅读以实现影响力

English Version 欢迎来到我的新专栏《人工智能时代的战略阅读以实现影响力》。我创建它既有个人原因，也有实际原因：在生成式人工智能使起草知识变得廉价且普及的世界里，真正的区别不再是谁写得最快，而是谁能战略性地阅读——并将阅读转化为实际地解决问题。于是，这些事情依然持续：提供决策准备的简报和演示，以及可衡量的行动。换句话说，“知识生产”不再是终点；真正的终点是“影响力的产出”。新的稀缺资源不在于产出多少内容，而在于判断力与动员能力：筛选高信号证据、核验主张、为正确的受众重构洞见，并将过程清晰地推进为“证据 - 决策-结果”。本专栏正是为这种端到端能力而打造——写作不会止步于“一个好的解释”，而是继续推进，直至形成可信的建议、有说服力的简报，以及真实世界中的结果。 这种关注点同样是在回应一个AI无法回避的约束：模型可以在规模化条件下流畅写作，但可靠性失误仍是核心问题。大语言模型可能生成看似合理却并不真实的内容，包括捏造的论断与引用。如果我们把AI的输出当作权威，而不是把它当作需要被检验的假设，那么我们并不是在生产知识，而是在制造内容——而且往往会积累“隐藏的错误债务”，只有

Column: Strategic Reading for Impact in the AI Era

中文版本 Welcome to my new column, Strategic Reading for Impact in the AI Era. I created it for a reason that is both personal and practical: in a world where generative AI makes drafting cheap and abundant, the real differentiator is no longer who can write the fastest, but who

Korea as A Connector: Using the SCO Film Festival to Build AI-Ready Youth and Academic Networks Across Eurasia

What if there is a film festival—not merely as a cultural showcase, but as a high-trust, low-sensitivity cooperation mechanism that helps institutions like the SCO generate tangible outcomes where formal diplomacy can be slow? The SCO Film Festival demonstrates how cinema can function as a practical “operating system” for