Understanding what is actually happening — and what it means.

Seven monitors. Structured analysis, weekly executive briefings, and living knowledge pages on AI governance, democracy, geopolitics, and the present.

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AI Governance

AI Governance Monitor — Week of 30 March 2026

China's state formalisation of AI tokens as an economic settlement unit and OpenAI's compute reallocation from video synthesis to robotics pre-training are this week's two structural signals — geopolitical AI architecture is now being built in terminology committees as much as in data centers.

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Macro Monitor

Macro Monitor — TL;DR Week of 30 March 2026

System stress at ELEVATED -> HIGH with zero bullish asset class scores: consumer confidence at a GFC-trough, a Hormuz supply disruption embedding a $15-20 oil premium, and private credit gate risk the most underpriced systemic trigger in the model.

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Democratic Integrity

World Democracy Monitor — 30 March 2026

Tisza leads Fidesz by 23 points with 13 days to Hungary's April 12 election; Georgia's new March 2026 law package completes its civil society capture architecture; and the Philippines enters the heatmap as a new Rapid Decay entry after CIVICUS adds it to its Watchlist at Repressed rating.

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