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Topic Question
In recent years and going forward, nations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America are emerging as new centres of global power. This shift towards a multipolar world extends across several dimensions, including economic, political, technological, societal, cultural, and demographic ones. Overall, it represents one of the fundamental trends today’s and tomorrow’s leaders need to grapple with and comprehend.

Global power is shifting. What’s your innovative idea to address a related risk or opportunity?

BRIEFLY:

Describe ONE specific risk or opportunity related to shifting power across world regions and nations in some specific field, including (but not limited to!) politics, business, economics, technology, sustainability, or security.
Offer your innovative and concrete solution to address this development, i.e., how to deal with the risk or leverage the opportunity you’ve identified.
Be bold and think beyond the status quo, while being as specific as possible.