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November 9, 2026
National Economic, Industrial and Technological Maturity | A Catalogue of Strategic Milestones
Dean Marc
A nation's strength is not adequately measured by GDP, exports, military expenditure or financial-market capitalisation alone. This catalogue maps the industrial and technological capabilities a nation has accumulated, mastered and commercialised, from foundational metallurgy and machine tools through energy, critical minerals, semiconductors, biotechnology, space and finance, and sets out the seven stages that separate industrial participation from genuine technological sovereignty.
November 7, 2026
Beyond Manufacturing. The Legends And Myths Of Industrial Policy.
Dean Marc
Industrial policy is not a policy for manufacturing. It is a deliberate national strategy for shaping the structure, capabilities, competitiveness, resilience and future productive potential of an economy. A comprehensive framework covering sixteen policy domains, the financial and human architecture behind industrial capability, the economics of choosing what to develop, and the institutions that determine whether strategy becomes reality.
November 5, 2026
National Security | A Comprehensive Strategic Framework
Dean Marc
National security is broader than defence. This paper sets out a comprehensive framework for assessing the security of a nation across six interdependent dimensions, a domain catalogue spanning governance, industry, finance, energy, technology and society, and an assessment method built around dependency, vulnerability and resilience.
October 31, 2026
The Limits of Fact Checking | Secrecy, Power, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance
Dean Marc
Fact-checking can test a claim against the evidence, but it cannot resolve hidden intentions, confidential agreements, or strategic judgment. This paper argues that a government need not disclose every truth to govern legitimately, provided it can justify what stays secret, for how long, and under whose authority.
October 29, 2026
Cybersecurity, AI And The Combinatorial Problem Space
Dean Marc
An executive briefing on agentic AI and enterprise cyber risk. The argument is that the governing problem is combinatorial rather than purely technical, and that the practical response is to shrink the space of possible actions, constrain authority outside the model, and make what remains observable, testable and reversible.
October 27, 2026
G2. China Or US. Who Does The World View More Favourably?
Dean Marc
Pew Research Center's 2026 survey of 42,151 adults in 36 countries and territories finds China viewed more favourably than the United States in 25 places, with the United States ahead in six. This paper reconstructs the country level comparison, tests the headline against the underlying table, and sets out what the result does and does not say about alignment, alliances and soft power.
July 4, 2026
The Super-Fast Follower | A Strategic Framework for AI and Semiconductor Sovereignty in the Global South
Dean Marc
This whitepaper introduces the Super-Fast Follower strategy | a framework advising countries and institutions in the Global South to delay capital-intensive AI infrastructure investment while comprehensively preparing every other dimension of sovereign capability. By leveraging the depreciation window of current-generation semiconductors, patient nations can achieve transformative AI competency at a fraction of the cost, closing the gap with developed economies within 3 to 5 years rather than attempting to lead an unwinnable race.
July 27, 2025
A Fundamental Investigation of Cyber and AI Sovereign Competencies in the ASEAN Region
Dean Marc
ASEAN faces a critical juncture in digital transformation, navigating the profound implications of cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on national and regional sovereignty. This whitepaper analyses the current state of cyber and AI sovereign competencies within ASEAN, exploring diverse interpretations, existing frameworks, and inherent challenges.
September 9, 2023
Cyber & Cyberspace Is A Domain Not Just A Security Function
Dean Marc
A study of how institutions in the public and private sectors define cyber and cyberspace, and why cybersecurity, a single sub-function, has become the proxy for the whole. From a critical review of the literature, national strategy documents and interviews with practitioners, it proposes a conceptual architecture of cyberspace as the sum total of all data in motion, flanked by technical and functional and governance perspectives.