Thibault Serlet is the Director of Research at the Adrianople Group, a business intelligence firm that specializes in the financing of Special Economic Zones. He is also an advisor at the Charter Cities Institute, a nonprofit that works to create new cities to deal with the challenge of growing global urbanization. Previously, he served as CEO of the Startup Societies Foundation, a nonprofit that studies the creation of new countries and cities.
Thibault Serlet is the Director of Research at the Adrianople Group, a business intelligence firm that specializes in the financing of Special Economic Zones. He is also an advisor at the Charter Cities Institute, a nonprofit that works to create new cities to deal with the challenge of growing global urbanization. Previously, he served as CEO of the Startup Societies Foundation, a nonprofit that studies the creation of new countries and cities.
Thibault Serlet is the Director of Research at the Adrianople Group, a business intelligence firm that specializes in the financing of Special Economic Zones. He is also an advisor at the Charter Cities Institute, a nonprofit that works to create new cities to deal with the challenge of growing global urbanization. Previously, he served as CEO of the Startup Societies Foundation, a nonprofit that studies the creation of new countries and cities.
China and the United States are both using Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as a tool to advance their foreign policy objectives.
SEZs are enclaves that...
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