CMEAI

1st generation American | Research | #Realist | MA’s @AUB_lebanon & @AUParis | former @UN | @TedTalk on YouTube

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@miran_aisha Your Excellency, seeking your support re undelivered nursery services during the school closure. My 17 month old’s case 2026-00519 has been closed without written determination. Would appreciate @KHDA support in reaching a fair resolution.

[سلطان سعود القاسمي @SultanAlQassemi]

https://t.co/aL7yCttisB

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@paragkhanna Still one of my favorite books!

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@rSanti97 That’s fair — why not?

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@ZiadMDaoud @TheTerminal @DEsfandiary @becca_wasser @geoeconjennie The time indicators here are based on today’s date or when exactly?

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@HTAlhasan Oh yes, forgive me. I read GMT as GST. Great!

[Mishaal @algergawi]

My first article in 9 years is a love letter to the UAE. This crisis will pass and we’ll come back stronger. https://t.co/WMDfhNuZWj

[GC Cooke @Gccooke]

He predicted the rise of:

• AI
• Remote work
• Digital streaming

Years before they happened.

Now, Kevin Kelly says these 5 tech trends will shape the next 100+ years:

[Sam Lowe @SamuelMarcLowe]

In my latest piece for @alphaville.ft.com I introduce a new MAGA (Measure of American Goods Advantage) index, to help countries assess just how much Trump wants to tariff them.

How to survive a trade war with the United States https://t.co/iPMsWsTYQN

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the world is heading into an era of depopulation—and this time, the coming implosion will be entirely due to choices made by people, writes Nicholas Eberstadt.
https://t.co/Jw1XTTu26L

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@DubaiFuture @paragkhanna “Connectography” is one of my favorite books of all time. As time goes on I return to it again and again to understand how current events fit into this trove of predictions @paragkhanna

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why is university education today so broken?

In the Middle Ages, it was profoundly different — it wasn't about acquiring skills, but about thinking.

By teaching you the 7 liberal arts... (thread) 🧵

[Scott Winship @swinshi]

Since it's a slow news week, I decided to release my working paper presenting new trends in hourly wages, annual earnings, household income, and family wealth. The innovation here is that I've developed a new price index, using decades of research on known CPI biases: the MACPI.

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

The four books that Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson - who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics today - are known for by the broad community of social scientists and beyond, along with 4 of their influential articles.

🧵with links to the 4 articles

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@Austen Clever, but how are all of you getting frozen stuff all the way to the airport in the first place….isn’t it mostly melted by the time you get to actual security

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

@litcapital Imagine being from the US and watching this as part of our presidential election process.

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

across Africa along the way. Ultimately Christopher Columbus’ request to fund an expedition led to the rise of Spain when the Portuguese crown passed and the Spanish invested, leading to full fledged globalization.

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

Dove into @FareedZakaria latest book “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present”. Early on he lays out case studies for the earliest examples of the modern state
1. The Netherlands - mainly because they capitalized on 3 great waves of change at the time

[CMEAI @CarlaMariaIssa]

technologically advanced navy. The Venetians invented double-bookkeeping and normalized the transfer of power. Ultimately the 10% became too greedy concentrating knowledge, wealth and power.
3. Portugal - the tiny nation that paved the way to India, establishing trading ports