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SUMMARY:The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence\n  \n\n    Date and Time:\n    Monday\, 31st August 2026\n    9:00 AM London Time\n    10:00 AM Central European Time\n   \n\n    Location:\n    Live Online Webinar\n   \n\n    Hosted by:\n    Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies\n    Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Society\n   \n\n    Speaker:\n    Dr David B. Roberts\n    Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies\, King’s College London\n   \n\n    Dr David B. Roberts is Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies at King’s College London\, where he serves as Head of Professional Education and Enterprise within the School of Security Studies and leads the King’s Institute for Applied Security Studies.\n   \n\n    He is the Founder and Commissioning Editor of Cambridge University Press’s Elements in Middle East Politics series. Before joining King’s College London\, Dr Roberts directed the Gulf Office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. His most recent monograph\, Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies (2023)\, was published by Columbia University Press.\n   \n\n    Overview:\n   \n\n    Artificial intelligence is rapidly emerging as a structural force in international politics\, reshaping the foundations of power in ways comparable to earlier transformative general-purpose technologies. This Distinguished Webinar will examine the geopolitics of AI from a global perspective\, exploring how the concentration of computing power\, data\, and advanced semiconductor technologies is creating new hierarchies among states.\n   \n\n    The session will consider how AI is intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China\, while transforming military capabilities\, intelligence\, economic statecraft\, and the geopolitical leverage derived from control over critical infrastructure and global supply chains.\n   \n\n    As AI capability becomes an increasingly significant measure of national power\, states are confronted with difficult strategic choices: aligning with one of the major technological powers\, pursuing a strategy of hedging\, or seeking greater technological sovereignty within an international system whose foundational technologies remain concentrated in a small number of competing states.\n   \n\n    The Gulf region provides a particularly illuminating case study. Countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are deploying sovereign investment to establish themselves as global AI hubs through the development of advanced data centres\, negotiations over access to cutting-edge semiconductors\, and strategic partnerships that increasingly draw them into the widening technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing.\n   \n\n    Their experiences offer valuable insights into the strategic dilemmas facing ambitious middle powers and illuminate the contours of an emerging international order shaped by artificial intelligence.\n   \n\n    \n      Click here to register\n    \n   \n\n    Click below for more information and to download the poster:\n   \n\n    \n      The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence
URL:https://humelausanne.ch/event/the-geopolitics-of-artificial-intelligence/
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SUMMARY:International Politics and Global Issues in the Middle East: Geopolitics\, Energy Security and Jordan's Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:International Politics and Global Issues in the Middle East: Geopolitics\, Energy Security and Jordan’s Energy Transition\n  \n\n    Date and Time:\n    Tuesday\, 15th September 2026\n    6:00 PM Amman / Beirut Time\n    5:00 PM Swiss Time\n    4:00 PM UK Time\n   \n\n    Location:\n    Live Online Webinar\n   \n\n    Hosted by:\n    International Affairs Department\, American University of Science and Technology (AUST)\n    in collaboration with the Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies – Centre for Jordan Studies and Adapt Institute\, Bratislava\n   \n\n    Speaker:\n    Prof. Nicolas Badaoui\n    Professor of International Relations\n   \n\n    Prof. Nicolas Badaoui is a Professor of International Relations. He holds a PhD from the École des Hautes Études Internationales and the Centre d’Études Diplomatiques et Stratégiques in Paris. He teaches at the Institute of Political Science at Saint Joseph University of Beirut and has also served as a visiting professor at French universities.\n   \n\n    A former Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin\, Prof. Badaoui is also an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Research of the Saint-Cyr Military Academy\, CREC Saint-Cyr\, in France.\n   \n\n    Overview:\n   \n\n    The Middle East continues to occupy a pivotal position within contemporary international politics\, shaped by shifting geopolitical alignments\, regional rivalries\, changing patterns of global power and the enduring strategic importance of energy. At the same time\, the global transition towards more sustainable energy systems is creating new economic\, political and security challenges for states across the region.\n   \n\n    This webinar will examine the intersection between international politics\, geopolitics and energy security in the Middle East\, considering how regional and global developments are reshaping traditional understandings of energy dependence\, strategic vulnerability and national resilience.\n   \n\n    Particular attention will be given to Jordan and its evolving energy transition. As a country historically dependent on imported energy and situated within a complex geopolitical environment\, Jordan provides an important case study of the relationship between energy security\, economic development and national strategy.\n   \n\n    The discussion will consider Jordan’s efforts to diversify its energy mix\, expand renewable energy capacity and strengthen energy resilience\, while situating these developments within the wider geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East. It will also explore how changing energy markets\, regional cooperation and international partnerships may influence Jordan’s future energy strategy.\n   \n\n    Bringing together perspectives from international relations\, geopolitics and energy security\, the webinar will provide an opportunity to consider both the challenges and opportunities facing Jordan and the wider Middle East as the global energy landscape continues to evolve.\n   \n\n    \n      Click here to register\n    \n   \n\n    Click below for more information and to download the poster:\n   \n\n    \n      International Politics and Global Issues in the Middle East: Geopolitics\, Energy Security and Jordan’s Energy Transition
URL:https://humelausanne.ch/event/international-politics-and-global-issues-in-the-middle-east-geopolitics-energy-security-and-jordans-energy-transition/
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SUMMARY:Token Economics: The Story Beyond $ per Million Tokens
DESCRIPTION:Token Economics: The Story Beyond $ per Million Tokens\nDate and Time:\nMonday\, 5th October 2026\n9:00 AM London Time (BST)\n10:00 AM Central European Time (CEST)\n7:00 PM Melbourne Time (AEDT) \nLocation:\nLive Online Webinar/MS Teams \nHosted by:\nHume Institute for Postgraduate Studies\nCentre for Artificial Intelligence in Society (AISOC) \nSpeaker:\nSenthoor Punniamoorthy\nPrincipal Architect\, Telstra Chief Architect’s Office \nSenthoor Punniamoorthy is a Principal Architect in Telstra’s Chief Architect’s Office. His work sits at the intersection of emerging technology and business strategy\, translating organisational objectives into architecture and technology roadmaps that engineering teams can implement. \nHe has a particular interest in complex problems that do not fit neatly within a single discipline\, bringing together technological\, commercial and strategic considerations to identify the relevant constraints and shape them into practical solutions. \nOverview: \nDollars per million tokens has become the default currency for comparing artificial intelligence models. Yet\, taken in isolation\, token price can be one of the least informative measures for understanding the true economics of deploying an AI system. \nA headline token price tells us the cost of a unit of model input or output\, but says little about how quickly that output is produced\, how much context a model can process\, how many tokens are required to complete a task\, or the infrastructure\, commercial and regulatory conditions that determine where and how a model can be deployed. \nThis public lecture will look beyond the headline “$ per million tokens” figure to examine what organisations are actually buying when they purchase AI model capacity. Drawing on live market benchmarks and interactive demonstrations\, the session will explore the engineering trade-offs that influence token pricing and the external constraints that providers must operate within. \nThe lecture will consider factors including model performance\, latency\, context windows\, token consumption\, infrastructure requirements and deployment limitations\, demonstrating why superficially cheaper models may not necessarily represent the lowest-cost solution for a particular task or organisational objective. \nThe session will ultimately propose a more rigorous framework for evaluating AI models based on the cost of achieving an outcome rather than simply the cost of an individual token. This approach provides a more meaningful basis for organisations seeking to compare models and make informed architectural\, commercial and strategic decisions about artificial intelligence. \n\nClick here to register\n \nClick below for more information and to download the poster: \n\nToken Economics: The Story Beyond $ per Million Tokens
URL:https://humelausanne.ch/event/token-economics-the-story-beyond-per-million-tokens/
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SUMMARY:King Hussein of Jordan: Leadership\, Strategy and the Making of a Modern State
DESCRIPTION:King Hussein of Jordan (1952–1999): Leadership\, Strategy and the Making of a Modern State\nDate and Time:\nWednesday\, 7th October 2026\n6:00 PM Beirut / Amman Time (EEST)\n5:00 PM Lausanne / Bratislava Time (CEST)\n4:00 PM United Kingdom Time (BST) \nLocation:\nLive Online Webinar \nHosted by:\nHume Institute for Postgraduate Studies – Centre for Jordan Studies\nin collaboration with Adapt Institute\, Bratislava \nSpeaker:\nDr Vincent Arbaretier\nMilitary Historian and Modern Middle East Specialist\, CNAM Paris \nDr Vincent Arbaretier is a military historian and modern Middle East specialist at CNAM Paris\, currently completing a Habilitation on King Hussein as a military leader and strategist. \nFormerly Chief of the Military History Department at the French Defence Historical Institute\, Dr Arbaretier has authored three books and more than twenty scholarly publications. \nOverview: \nKing Hussein of Jordan’s reign from 1952 to 1999 encompassed almost five decades of profound regional and international change. His leadership spanned wars\, political crises\, shifting alliances and major transformations in the strategic landscape of the Middle East. \nThis webinar will explore King Hussein’s leadership\, military strategy and statecraft\, examining the role these played in shaping modern Jordan and in securing the Kingdom’s position within an often volatile regional environment. \nDrawing on military history and the study of modern Middle Eastern politics\, Dr Vincent Arbaretier will consider King Hussein not only as a political leader\, but also as a military strategist whose decisions were shaped by Jordan’s geographic position\, security constraints and relations with neighbouring states and international powers. \nThe discussion will examine the interaction between leadership\, military strategy and diplomacy throughout King Hussein’s reign\, considering how Jordan navigated periods of regional conflict\, domestic pressure and changing geopolitical alignments. \nThe webinar will also consider King Hussein’s wider contribution to the development and consolidation of the modern Jordanian state\, offering historical perspectives on the strategic choices that shaped Jordan’s political and security trajectory during the second half of the twentieth century. \n\nClick here to register\n \nClick below for more information and to download the poster: \n\nKing Hussein of Jordan (1952–1999): Leadership\, Strategy and the Making of a Modern State
URL:https://humelausanne.ch/event/king-hussein-of-jordan-leadership-strategy-and-the-making-of-a-modern-state/
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