Diplo Blog
Is the AI bubble about to burst? Five causes and five scenarios
01 December 2025
This text outlines five causes and five scenarios around the AI buble and potential burst.
Enhancing rather than replacing humanity with AI
01 December 2025
Is AI destined to replace us, or can it amplify what makes us human? From real-time translation bridging language gaps to tools that democratise expertise, we explore the path toward a human-centric AI future that empowers rather than diminishes us.
Heidi through a Chinese lens
01 December 2025
Renxin from the French–Chinese film The Nightingale (2013) reminded Aldo Matteucci of Heidi: two girls, two grandfathers, two cultures. A cross-cultural comparison follows.
Why is Shadow AI dangerous for diplomats?
29 November 2025
Shadow AI poses a dual threat to modern diplomacy: it creates vulnerabilities for security breaches and erodes protected knowledge assets. To counter this challenge, the following analysis delves into the nature of Shadow AI and proposes effective pathways for diplomatic services to regain control.
The Death of the ‘Gentleman’s game’? Cricket as proxy war in South Asia
27 November 2025
There is a long-standing theory in South Asian diplomacy that cricket functions as a safety valve. For decades, the pitch was viewed as a 'demilitarised zone', a rare space where India and Pakistan could engage without the immediate threat of escalation.
Rethinking learning: Hope, solutions, and wisdom with AI in the classroom
24 November 2025
Dismissing AI's potential role in education is both futile and misguided. The technology exists, students are using it, and that won't change. The question is whether we can find ways to integrate AI that enhance rather than replace learning.
The entropy trap: When creativity forces AI into piracy
22 November 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual property rights, Internet governance and digital policy, Jurisdiction, Legal and regulatory
Can AI ever avoid reproducing what it learns? The GEMA vs OpenAI ruling suggests that the nature of creativity itself may trap generative models into copying.
When a luxury brand does the lobbying: The rise of Rolex diplomacy
20 November 2025
Is Rolex becoming a new player in soft power? The luxury watchmaker effectively combines its prestigious reputation with smart corporate diplomacy to address U.S. tariffs and adjust to the shifting political and social situations worldwide.
The ‘Limits of Growth’ report: 40 years later II
19 November 2025
The alarmism that followed the 1972 ‘Limits of Growth’ report, which predicted civilisation’s collapse by c. 2040, pushed policy towards centralisation, token gestures, and factional debate. Aldo Matteucci analyses.
AI in schools: The reality is messier than the solutions
18 November 2025
As the school year is in full swing, the issue of AI in schools and education keeps coming up everywhere. Teachers share stories in faculty lounges, parents worry at dinner tables, and students find themselves in a challenging environment where the guidelines and expectations are constantly changing. This isn’t a conversation we can postpone or […]
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