01 — Four pillars
Four pillars of cooperation
Our work focuses on four areas where geopolitical change and innovation create shared risks, strategic opportunities and scope for practical cooperation.
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Pillar 01
Energy and connectivity
Interconnectors, grids and corridors linking Asia, the Gulf and Europe. Geo Horizon examines how infrastructure, regulation and partnerships can be developed together to strengthen energy security, connectivity and resilience across regions.
Current work
Energy and connectivity programs
Pillar 02
AI, digital and cyber
Governance frameworks for AI adoption, cybersecurity and cross-border digital trust. Geo Horizon examines how technological change is reshaping strategy and develops practical options for cooperation among governments, institutions and industry.
Current work
AI, digital governance and technology cooperation
Pillar 03
Strategic technologies and security
Cooperation in defense technology, space and critical infrastructure. Geo Horizon brings together policy, technological and industry expertise to develop strategies and partnerships around shared security challenges.
Current work
Technology, security and resilience initiatives
Pillar 04
Health, water and resilience
Shared-risk frameworks for food, water and health security. Geo Horizon examines where innovation, policy coordination and cross-regional partnerships can strengthen resilience in areas where disruption affects countries simultaneously.
Current work
Health, water and resilience programs
02 — Related research
Related research
Our publications examine emerging geopolitical and technological shifts, identify their strategic implications and develop practical options for cooperation. Choose a pillar above to see the research behind each area of work.
Regional cooperation · 27 Jul 2026
The Iran war and the limits of great power
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Regional cooperation · May 2026
Building an IMEC energy platform beyond Hormuz: Gulf–Mediterranean routes and the future of regional resilience
Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Regional cooperation · 27 Feb 2026
From Pax Silica to Digital IMEC: Japan’s strategic opportunity in a reconfigured Middle East
Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME)
Digital sovereignty · Jul 2026
Digital patent decline: the economic and political costs of Europe’s shrinking ICT patent share
Vodafone Institute and University of Bonn (CASSIS)
Tech middle powers · Jun 2026
Workarounding while the international order fractures
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Tech middle powers · Jun 2026
Workarounding the superpowers
Körber-Stiftung, Emerging Middle Powers Report 2026
Space · Sep 2026
Space programmes and diplomacy in the Gulf’s national visions documents
Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Regional cooperation · 27 Jul 2026
The Iran war and the limits of great power
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Tech middle powers · Jun 2026
Workarounding while the international order fractures
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
03 — Contact
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