TRENDS Pocket Insights
Stay ahead of global developments with TRENDS Pocket Insights, your on-the-go source for expert analysis and thought leadership. Each episode condenses in-depth research, reports, and policy analysis into a concise, easy-to-listen format—perfect for busy professionals, policymakers, and anyone curious about the forces shaping our world.
From technology and economics to geopolitics and social trends, TRENDS Pocket Insights delivers actionable knowledge you can use anywhere, anytime.
Episodes

Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
26 min
The insight was written by Hessa Abdulla Al Nuaimi Assistant Researcher at TRENDS Research & Advisory
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/the-silicon-desert-awakens-arizonas-semiconductor-rise/

Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
26 min
The insight was written by Neil Ilan Lavie-Driver PhD student in Psychology at the University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/ai-driven-influence-operations-threats-to-middle-eastern-information-sovereignty-in-the-age-of-synthetic-media/

Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
43 min
دراسة من إعداد اللواء (م) الدكتور خالد عبدالله البوعينين المزروعي, القائد السابق للقوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي.لقراءة الدراسة: https://bit.ly/4bJqHnd

Jul 9, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
26 min
The insight was written by Melek Öztürk Principal Research Consultant - Turkey
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/water-implications-of-ai-driven-digital-infrastructure-expansion/

Jul 9, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
20 min
The insight was written by Megghi Pengili Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds - UK
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/hired-by-an-ai-agent-reflections-on-the-ai-public-private-ecosystem-as-an-emerging-governance-for-defense-recruitment/

Jul 9, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
32 min
The insight was written by Guillaume Vermeylen, Associate Professor, University of Mons - Belgium
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/prospects-for-monetary-easing-during-2026/

Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
36 min
The insight was written by Imam Mohammad Tawhidi, Advisor on Counter-Extremism and Terrorism Affairs at TRENDS Research & Advisory | Governing Member, The Global Imams Council, Canada
To Read the insight: https://trendsgroup.org/insight/doctrine-of-disruption-irans-strategic-targeting-of-civilian-lives-and-infrastructure-as-state-policy/

Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
33 min
The insight was written by Thinus Booysen, a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
To Read the insight:https://trendsgroup.org/insight/the-growing-use-of-electric-motorcycles-in-africa/

Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
24 min
The insight was written by TRENDS Latin America office
To Read the insight:https://trendsgroup.org/insight/the-war-in-the-gulf-is-neither-so-distant-nor-so-strange-its-impact-on-latin-america/

Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
6 min
The insight was written by Bilal Y. Saab, Senior Managing Director, TRENDS US.
To Read the insight:https://trendsgroup.org/insight/trumps-war-with-iran-was-inevitable/







