By Ioannis Sidiropoulos
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a macroeconomic variable rather than merely a technological innovation. While early discussions centred on firm-level productivity and automation, the next five years are likely to demonstrate that institutional AI adoption (the integration of AI across government, regulators, public administration, and strategic sectors) will shape national competitiveness, fiscal resilience, and economic sovereignty. For small states (the World Bank uses a threshold of 1.5 million people to describe a small state),
