Vikram Khanna

The greenback could retain its pre-eminence by becoming the main currency in which AI is purchased, financed and traded. 

From petrodollar to AI dollar: Can the greenback continue to rule?

2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
The Equal Earth projection accurately reflects countries' relative sizes.

Africa is bigger than you think. But does size matter?

2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Price increases are still working their way through the system, with much of the underlying cost pressures yet to show up on supermarket shelves.

The coming food price shock: How war, weather and fuel are colliding

2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Singapore is among a handful of rich countries whose people are optimistic about AI instead of being anxious.

Wealthy nations fear AI, but Singapore embraces it: Here’s why

2026-08-24T02:47:11.000Z
If outright ownership is the wrong tool for nearly the whole AI economy, it leaves governments with the job of designing the rules of the game.
COMMENTARY

Who should own AI? The case against – and for – nationalisation

2026-07-15T01:29:15.000Z
Alibaba’s Qwen alone has overtaken Meta’s Llama to become the most downloaded open-source model family in history.
COMMENTARY

When the disruptor gets disrupted: How Chinese open-source AI is eating its own industry

2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
A more promising response is Universal Basic Capital or UBC – giving everyone, not just the wealthy, a stake in the assets that are generating outsized returns, says the writer.

The wealth gap is widening. The answer isn’t more handouts – it’s a stake

2026-06-29T02:21:14.000Z
Michael Spence says that when something revolutionary like AI arrives, people tend to overestimate its impact in the short run and underestimate it in the long run.

Now you see it, now you don’t: Why data can’t capture the AI revolution

2026-06-09T01:26:52.000Z
Smoke billows from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, United Arab Emirates, on Mar 1.
COMMENTARY

The end of Dubai? After the war, the UAE faces a hard road back to its shining past

2026-05-13T23:00:00.000Z
Stock markets don't seem too concerned by the impact of the Iran war. This could backfire, says the writer.

Are stock markets in denial about the true cost of Iran war?

2026-04-29T02:56:33.000Z