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In-depth reports, research notes, comparative studies and strategic assessments.

41 published articles

  1. Cyberattacks: The Vulnerability of Powers

    Cyberattacks: The Vulnerability of Powers

    It is now possible to compromise a handful of computer systems and bring a production line to a halt, disrupt payments across a healthcare system or interfere with the energy supply of millions of people.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskNovember 3, 202621 min read
  2. Money Laundering: The Invisible Borders of Global Finance

    Money Laundering: The Invisible Borders of Global Finance

    Borders remain firmly in place for laws, courts, and public administrations. For capital, they have become largely negotiable.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskNovember 3, 202636 min read
  3. Global Investment Is Rising, but the Productive Economy Is Losing Momentum

    Global Investment Is Rising, but the Productive Economy Is Losing Momentum

    Foreign direct investment is rising sharply in 2026, yet new industrial facilities, infrastructure projects, and investment commitments in developing economies are declining.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 29, 202618 min read
  4. Ownership Is No Longer Enough: Why Resources and Competitive Advantages No Longer Guarantee Economic Power

    Ownership Is No Longer Enough: Why Resources and Competitive Advantages No Longer Guarantee Economic Power

    possessing a strategic advantage no longer guarantees the ability to exploit it, control it, or convert it into lasting economic power.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 27, 202616 min read
  5. Artificial Intelligence: Twenty Years of Turbulence Before Prosperity—for Whom?

    Artificial Intelligence: Twenty Years of Turbulence Before Prosperity—for Whom?

    Bill Gates envisages two decades of upheaval before an economy of abundance emerges. That prospect opens a debate extending far beyond the capabilities of machines.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 26, 202617 min read
  6. The Global Housing Crisis: How Real Estate Became One of the Defining Economic Divides of the 21st Century

    The Global Housing Crisis: How Real Estate Became One of the Defining Economic Divides of the 21st Century

    From Madrid to Lisbon, Athens to Toronto, Nairobi to São Paulo, access to housing is becoming a major source of economic, social and political tension. Behind rising rents and property prices lies a profound transformation: housing is simultaneously a fundamental human necessity, a vehicle for wealth accumulation and an asset increasingly integrated into global capital markets. This contradiction is reshaping inequality, weakening the economic security of the middle class and challenging governments' ability to keep cities accessible to their populations.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 25, 202617 min read
  7. The Value Chain: From Natural Resources to the Most Advanced Industries

    The Value Chain: From Natural Resources to the Most Advanced Industries

    From the mine to the laboratory, from agricultural fields to semiconductors, global wealth is built through successive stages of transformation. Yet value is not distributed equally between those who possess resources, those who process them, and those who control technology. Behind every product lies a geography of economic power.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 22, 202613 min read
  8. Companies: The Architecture of Economic Power

    Companies: The Architecture of Economic Power

    Mergers, acquisitions, integration, alliances, restructuring, valuations and ownership transfers: how companies redraw the boundaries of capital, ownership and control.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 21, 202626 min read
  9. Automotive: The Great Shakeout

    Automotive: The Great Shakeout

    In-depth report — Restructuring, successes, failures and the outlook for the global automotive industry

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 12, 202634 min read
  10. Geopolitics and Market Protectionism

    Geopolitics and Market Protectionism

    Regions, industries, resources, trade instruments, regulations, taxation and scenarios. A report on how states are redefining market access and what this transformation means for economies and businesses.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 7, 202636 min read
  11. Industry: The Nations’ Income Statement

    Industry: The Nations’ Income Statement

    A car leaves a Moroccan factory, reaches a port terminal and boards a ship bound for Europe. At customs, its value enters the export statistics. For the manufacturer, it becomes part of the group’s revenue. For the country that built it, the calculation is only beginning.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 7, 202613 min read
  12. The Corporation: Who Owns, Who Decides, Who Profits

    The Corporation: Who Owns, Who Decides, Who Profits

    A brand gives a face to an organisation the consumer almost never sees. Behind its products lie arrangements that allocate rights, income and risk. From production lines to boardrooms, this dossier examines how large corporations build power, share it and lose it.

    by Atlas Limits Research DeskOctober 4, 202644 min read

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