Introduction
It has been several months since my last contribution to RIAC, and I must begin with a small apology for the silence. The pause was necessary: I was completing my transition from serving as Chief Executive Officer of two Malaysian foundations to taking up a full-time secondment to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the…

Introduction
It has been several months since my last contribution to RIAC, and I must begin with a small apology for the silence. The pause was necessary: I was completing my transition from serving as Chief Executive Officer of two Malaysian foundations to taking up a full-time secondment to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the…

The physicality of work is ceding to automation and AI-centricity, and real value creation now resides in mental performance. A new global divide emerges—between explicit knowledge, curated within Ivy walls and leather-bound books shelved for antiquity, and tacit knowledge, thriving in entrepreneurial mysticism: an instinct-driven mindset to take…

A Harmonious Convergence: How Nobel Innovation Meets Entrepreneurial Mysticism
From Expothon, we extend our warm congratulations to the 2025 Nobel Prize winners in economics: Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. They receive top marks for their insightful ideas. Mokyr's examination of history and culture for fostering innovation teams…

In recent years, there has been a marked shift in the focus of Russian foreign policy towards the African continent. In 2021 and 2023, two Russia-Africa summits were convened. The declaration of the 2023 summit speaks of foundational principles of these relations, i.e. “historical and time-tested friendly ties between the Russian Federation and…

Firstly, on the wings of the Valkyries, SMEs will soar beyond AI’s illusions. AI, at best, is brilliant software, but there is no bionic heart beating or any human intelligence breathing within, as it is as lifeless as a rock.
AI is a great technological revolution, but do not mix the stock market hype with its processing realities. AI will…

Why are the population-rich nations (PRN) conducting the global economic symphony while the knowledge-rich nations (KRN), which are primarily out of tune, seem to have lost their melodies?
What has happened over the past few decades that has allowed knowledge-rich nations, predominantly in the West, to fall behind the population-rich nations, mainly…

 The Mandatory Test for Economic Mindsets is a bold and practical solution designed to reverse the decline of 100 free economies. Its purpose is to ensure that government officials, particularly those tasked with job creation and SME development, possess the entrepreneurial expertise needed to combat the anti-job creation syndrome and the parade…

The Potsdam Conference, which took place 80 years ago from July 17 to August 2, 1945, stands as a symbol of diplomacy and the negotiation of a new peaceful world order.
A pioneer unit of the Soviet army built a wooden bridge to replace the destroyed Glienicker Bridge and allow the "Big Three "delegations — USA, Russia, Great Britain — to travel…

When an anti-job creation syndrome visibly destroys over 100 free economies, the entrepreneurial mysticism challenges economic intellectualism and offers the 21 Pillars of Nouveau Rationalism” to awaken new economic thinking harmonized with entrepreneurialism.”
Notice: This is not an economic study. It is an entrepreneurial blueprint—a…

Respondent: Dr. Shoaib Khan. Visiting Faculty, Centre for Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai; Founder and President, ALFAAZ Education and Cultural Society, Mumbai.
Interviewer: Dr. Liudmila A. Pechishcheva. Associate professor, Senior Researcher at Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
 


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By Eugene Fransua Arokiasamy, CEO & Nao Margaret Samuel, Special Senior Advisor (Agentic AI), MyProdigy and Women’s Social Foundations of Malaysia
Isn’t it remarkable how far society has come? When I first received my blog page on the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) platform in 2014, I was one of only eight contributors, and the…