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While visiting my family in New York recently, I found myself observing how my nephews engage with content, especially news. What they consider news, where they find it, and who they trust to deliver it is vastly different from traditional expectations. 

In recent years, hardly a week has gone by without a visit or announcement involving a country in Central Asia or the South Caucasus and a Gulf state. The pace of engagement between these regions is accelerating across diplomacy, business and security.

The relentless drumbeat of artificial intelligence adoption echoes through the AI Workshops I run worldwide. Executives, envisioning a revolutionary future powered by algorithms and neural networks, are fervently pushing for its implementation.

The talk of a new Middle Eastern “deal” we have been hearing over the past few days is jarring. The agreement reportedly being cooked up sees Syria cede the Golan Heights to Israel in return for the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Cross-border conflicts lead not only to deaths, injuries and other casualties, but can also have long-lasting economic impacts sparking domestic unrest. The key to preventing both outcomes is what type of diplomacy countries pursue and over what timeframe.