Diplomacy & Dollars The recent embrace between Turkiye (renamed at the UN) and Saudi Arabia culminated in a deposit of $ 5 billion by the Saudi Development Fund with the Central Bank of Turkiye whose net foreign exchange reserves had slumped to less then $ 20 billion this year .No conditions appear to have been
Corruption in Central Asia The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has taken up the cudgels against organized corruption and corrupt practices. The Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan figures prominently in the OCCRP investigations. Kyrgyzstan was foremost in launching anti graft campaigns and ensuring transparency in procurement and award of contracts where states resources
ChatGPT may have convinced IT companies to retrench staff in droves. But imagine an entire class turning in identical answer papers to assignments. Or researchers across borders coming up with identical research statements and results . Churning out the same response even if based on updated data. Humans would need to be hired in substantial
