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Why a warmer diplomatic tone does not remove the risks companies still need to manage. The most tempting mistake after a high-level summit is to confuse a better mood with a better risk environment. The Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing produced the images markets usually like: handshakes, formal hospitality, talk of progress, and enough commercial language to suggest that the relationship had become easier to manage. Trump highlighted deals. Beijing emphasised stability. Both side

Why frontier research now matters for companies, not only governments and universities. Charles Lieber's move from Harvard to Shenzhen is not just a story about one scientist. It is a story about where frontier research is being funded, equipped, and turned into national capability. Reuters recently reported that Lieber, a former Harvard chemist and one of the world's leading brain-computer interface researchers, is now heading a state-funded institute in Shenzhen. He had pre

Over the past five years, many organisations have discovered something uncomfortable: the problem was not a lack of risk frameworks, but a false sense of preparedness. Most had the right components in place. Risk frameworks existed. Crisis plans had been written. Insurance coverage was reviewed annually. The language of resilience had made its way into strategy decks. And yet, when disruption came, it did not behave in ways those systems were designed to handle. What failed w