The Physical Limits of Artificial Intelligence
A 25-page research edition on electricity, grids, water, cooling, chips, critical minerals, finance, cybersecurity and the infrastructure requirements of advanced AI through 2035.
Open publication →Research & publications
Independent research built for executive scrutiny.
Independent white papers, research monographs and books designed to convert complex evidence into decision-relevant insight. Web editions preserve source boundaries, distinguish evidence from analysis and make assumptions, scenarios and attribution explicit.
White Papers
White Papers
From Ore to Optionality
A 151-page flagship study of critical-mineral partnerships, value addition, industrial capability, supply-chain resilience, ESG, finance and strategic optionality.
Open publication →Fresh Water: The Next Strategic Commodity
A scrutiny-ready assessment of dependable freshwater access as a strategic constraint across growth, food, industry, technology, infrastructure and capital allocation.
Open publicationCritical Minerals Are the New Energy Security
An audited executive paper on mineral supply, processing concentration, trade controls, investment, ESG and industrial-system resilience.
Open publicationGuyana 2040: From Resource Wealth to Strategic Statecraft
A scrutiny-audited framework for converting resource abundance into permanent productive, financial, human, institutional and natural capital.
Open publicationGuyana Power Demand 2030
A data-led assessment separating measured electricity demand, planning cases and development-enabled scenarios through 2030.
Open publicationBeyond Employment: Enterprise Stewardship and the Ownership Orientation of Executive Leadership
A multidisciplinary paper on stewardship, governance, risk, culture, stakeholder value and long-horizon enterprise performance.
Open publicationKarpowership Guyana 2026-2035
Independent public-data analysis of a possible transition from bridge generation toward flexible reliability and strategic energy infrastructure.
Open publicationCarolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and the 2026 UN Secretary-General Selection
Independent public-record analysis of candidacy context, selection architecture and leadership considerations.
Open publicationThe Geopolitics of Gold
Analysis of central banks, reserve diversification, monetary resilience, responsible sourcing and the strategic revaluation of gold.
Open publicationGuyana Development Bank
Independent policy analysis of productive finance, SME participation, governance, additionality and measurable development outcomes.
Open publicationResearch Monographs
Research Monographs
The New Geography of Globalization
A research monograph arguing that globalization is being reorganised around the management of strategic dependence.
Open publicationGuyana Economy 2030
An academic and executive research monograph on converting exceptional resource wealth into durable national prosperity.
Open publicationWater Security as Economic Security
Research placing water inside economic strategy, capital allocation and infrastructure planning across food, power, industry and cities.
Open publicationSovereign AI: Who Controls the Intelligence Infrastructure?
A systems-level study of authority, continuity, substitutability and assurance across compute, cloud, chips, data and institutional capability.
Open publicationThe Trust Deficit
Research on warranted institutional trust as an operating condition for cooperation, reform, resilience and execution capacity.
Open publicationBooks
Books
From Teller to Director
The existing book page and public record.
Open publicationThe Seven Allocations
A completed leadership manuscript on how CEOs deploy attention, decisions, capital, talent, trust, time and optionality.
Open publication