Global Scans · Ideology · Weekly Summary

• Sustained Western capital inflows into firms like Quantum Systems and Dominion Dynamics could accelerate the diffusion of NATO-interoperable autonomous systems doctrine that adversaries will need to study for corresponding jamming and spoofing countermeasures. Drone Warfare
• The European Board for Digital Services will have one month to issue its opinion, after which the Commission has a further month to adopt a final decision and set an implementation timeline. Pierstone
• Google introduced water-stewardship principles requiring watershed assessment before new data-centre development and limiting water cooling to resilient sources, with air cooling or recycled water selected where local supplies face high risk. Our Future Water Intelligence
• The informational slice of Reddit that drives some Google referral traffic is exposed to AI, but the opinion-and-identity slice is far harder to substitute, which is why the Stack Overflow comparison, while a legitimate risk to monitor, does not map cleanly onto Reddit's business. investing.com
• Russian officials are openly accusing the United States of reviving the Monroe Doctrine while Washington increasingly portrays Cuba as a direct security threat once again. Armstrong Economics
• The Northern Territory said it will not contribute any money for a buyback, while South Australia has not announced any progress since giving in principle support in January. The Guardian
• There is a widespread belief among students that time spent in China will jeopardize future U.S. government careers. Time
• The EESC opinion calls for strong, cross-cutting financial support in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034), ensuring that cultural objectives are reflected in areas such as competitiveness, skills, research, cohesion and external action. European Economic and Social Committee
• The world's waning belief in America's exceptionalism will help trigger a collapse of the dollar. The Hedgehog Review
• The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) will develop a common framework across mosques here that sets out safeguarding principles, responsibilities of mosque personnel, and clear reporting and escalation protocols when concerns arise. The Straits Times
• Into the mid-2020s, intergenerational equity remained a key principle in climate policy. EBSCO
• AI is improving at a mind-blowing rate - hardly an uncommon opinion among technologists and tech-company CEOs - and that global governments need to act now before they are overwhelmed by disruption that is educational, economic, and borderline existential. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• Genuine global security will not come from celebrating favourable statistics, but from consistently addressing the root causes - conflict, governance failure, and digital radicalization - that keep the underlying ideology of terrorism alive even as headline numbers fall. Riyasat IAS
• A cult of fascist ideology has gripped Silicon Valley, and the tech industrial complex is threatening US democracy. Horizons Project
• The US-Israeli war with Iran has proved more consequential for global energy security, trade and international stability than initially anticipated, while the US military intervention in Venezuela challenged established principles of national sovereignty and international law. Modern Ghana
• The risk is deterrence decay: the slow erosion of the confidence that the US guarantee is real, while the codified decapitation doctrine removes the last implicit promise that a first strike would be survivable. CES Intelligence
• The Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which state that Japan will not possess, not manufacture, and not permit the introduction of nuclear weapons, are considered one of Japan's national policies and a fundamental security principle. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Last updated: 01 November 2026