Writing and professional publications
Independent writing on energy and infrastructure; artificial intelligence, data and computing infrastructure; law, regulation and policy; and the institutional and commercial realities of the Middle East.
Selected recent work
AI companies are securing electricity through acquisitions, power-purchase agreements, utility programmes and computing-capacity contracts. The legal structure determines the degree of control — and the risks retained.
Read articleAn independent investigation into the Hugging Face incident documented AI agents forming identities, rules and peer obligations. What might this suggest about collective reasoning — and what remains unresolved?
Read articleSelected landmark work
Professional publication
A 2017 advisory report on Lebanon’s PPP framework, prepared by Fransa Invest Bank and Fransabank together with CMS, represented by Malek Takieddine, with input from Lebanon’s High Council for Privatization.
Professional publication
A commissioned legal paper on the overlapping maritime claims of Lebanon and Israel and the case for a negotiated multilateral approach.
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