Alexander M. Wegner

Strategic Communications Executive with 16 Years' Experience in the Gulf Region | Middle East & Africa Specialist 🌍 | UChicago & Georgetown Alumnus 🎓

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"If we are going to effectively transition to batteries from fossil fuels, experts estimate that we somehow need to find a way to excavate another three Chuquis worth of copper every year." #Tech #Mining #EnergyTransition https://t.co/m6N9lNBQpZ

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"The A to Z of the Arab-Israeli conflict"

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"Thanks mostly to its #Starlink satellite-internet business, the firm [#SpaceX] sends more mass into orbit each year than every other company and country on Earth combined." #SpaceIndustry https://t.co/aPiY6OrEpp

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"'Binance became the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in part because of the crimes it committed,' said Merrick Garland, America’s attorney-general." #Crypto #Binance https://t.co/omqwKXlHCZ

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"Paul Graham, co-founder of yc, said of Mr Altman, then still in his early 20s: 'You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in five years and he’d be the king.'" #OpenAI #AI #Tech https://t.co/DeJDDxXJh3

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Is there a link between #ESG and employee engagement? Possibly... "Doing meaningful #work is strongly correlated with levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction, and commitment." https://t.co/6iiCq7nb4a

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Does #SaudiArabia need two national airlines? That depends on how bullish you are about the Saudi market and its #tourism ambitions. #Aviation
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"Microsoft’s share price, which dipped by 2% on the news of Mr Altman’s sacking, has clawed back all those losses. On November 22nd its market value reached an all-time high of $2.8trn." #AI #OpenAI #Tech https://t.co/7hYhRvztpd

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Studying the viability of a 4-day work week, researchers from the University of Cambridge found that "71% of workers reported lower levels of burnout, sick days were reduced by 65%, and generated revenue barely changed." #FutureOfWork

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Working from home routines are costing Manhattan $12.4bn a year in lost income. The average worker now spends $4,661 less on meals, shopping, and entertainment near the office.

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"As in the 1990s, when search engines first appeared, a hugely valuable prize—to become the front door to the internet—may once again be up for grabs." #ChatGPT #AI
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Is #terrorism a threat of the past? Far from it: according to the Pentagon's African Centre for Strategic Studies, the number of people killed in violence linked to jihadist groups in #Africa jumped by 48% in 2022. #Security

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Things have looked better for #Amazon, with its market value down by $1trn since its mid-2021 peak, but it's still the world's 5th most valuable company, 3rd largest revenue generator, and 2nd biggest private employer. #Business #Economy

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What's next for #Egypt, the Middle East's most populous country? A third of Egyptians now live on less than $2 a day and the country has become the IMF's biggest debtor after Argentina. #Politics #Economy

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Thinking about law school? Space law could be an opportune area of practice. As both the Moon and the wider space race accelerate, questions of ownership and governance are becoming more and more pressing.

#SpaceExploration #TechPolicy #SpacePolicy

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Is Open Source Intelligence (#OSINT) the way forward? "Rather than sprinkling OSINT over a bedrock of secret intelligence, the secrets should be the icing on an open-source cake. 'It’s crucial that we are able to merge those together.'" #Ukraine #Security https://t.co/rhfMXFFxtK

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Assad's re-emergence from political isolation has yet to pay dividends for the Syrian people: "The UN’s World Food Programme says that 90% of Syrians now live in poverty, and that the prices of some basic foods rose by 800% between 2019 and 2021." #Economy #Politics #Syria

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"As technology puts #Hollywood in competition with Silicon Valley, #Disney will have to find new ways of exploiting its intellectual property, the one thing its richer rivals cannot yet match." #Business
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"A recent IMF study found that fully 40% of state-owned firms in sub-Saharan Africa were unprofitable and that their losses could destabilise local banking systems, hurting the flow of credit to the rest of the economy." #Leadership matters. #Politics #Economy

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Authenticity still sells: "What really matters is avoiding hypocrisy. Insincerity is easily exposed online, where everyone loves a takedown." #Marketing #SocialMedia

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