This section of the Juncture Policy Glossary provides precise definitions for critical concepts in emerging markets starting with the letter ‘S’. These terms are essential for understanding the institutional shifts and regulatory frameworks that define today’s global policy landscape. Use these resources to gain clarity on the technical language used in our strategic analysis.
- Safety Case (AI)
- Sanctions
- Sanctions (UN)
- Sanctions Circumvention (Legal)
- Sanctions Designation Risk
- Sanctions Evasion (Crypto)
- Sanctions Over-Compliance
- Sanctions Regime
- Satellite Geopolitics
- Satellite Internet
- Scalable Oversight
- Scope 3 Emissions
- Secondary Offering
- Secondary Sanctions
- Secure-by-Design AI
- Securitization
- Seed Patent Hegemony
- Selective Decoupling
- Semiconductor Equipment Chokepoint
- Semiconductor Subsidies
- Semiconductor Supply Chain
- Settlement Risk
- Shadow Banking
- Shadow Banking (Geopolitical)
- Shadow Fleet
- Shadow Fleet (Sanctions Evasion)
- Shell Company
- Silicon Shield
- Silicon Shield
- Smart City
- Smart City
- Smart Contract
- Smart Port / Port Technology
- Smart Power
- Social Bond
- Social Engineering (Cyber)
- Social Protection Floor
- Social Safety Net
- Soft Power
- Soft Power Finance
- SolarWinds Attack
- Solvency Crisis
- South-South Cooperation
- South-South Development Finance
- South-South Trade Corridors
- Sovereign AI
- Sovereign Bond
- Sovereign Cloud
- Sovereign Compute Cloud
- Sovereign Credit Rating
- Sovereign Credit Rating
- Sovereign Debt Moratorium
- Sovereign Default
- Sovereign Immunity
- Sovereign Land Grabs
- Sovereign Model Hosting
- Sovereign Resource Fund
- Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Sovereign Wealth Fund Diplomacy
- Sovereignty
- Space Situational Awareness
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
- Special Economic Zone
- Spectrum Allocation
- Sphere of Influence
- Spyware
- Stablecoin
- Stagflation
- State
- State Capacity
- State Capitalism
- State Capture
- State Legitimacy
- State-Owned Bank
- State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)
- Stateless Person
- Stranded Assets
- Strategic Ambiguity
- Strategic Autonomy
- Strategic Bottleneck
- Strategic Chokepoint Investment
- Strategic Competition
- Strategic Compute Reserve
- Strategic Corruption
- Strategic Dependency
- Strategic Grain Reserves
- Strategic Industry
- Strategic Litigation
- Strategic Market Access
- Strategic Narrative
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
- Strategic Reserve
- Strategic Sector
- Strategic Stockpiling
- Strategic Trade Controls
- Stress Test (Banking)
- Structured Finance
- Stuxnet
- Submarine Cable Landings
- Subsea Cables
- Subsidy
- Sudden Stop
- Sukuk
- Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Attack (Cyber)
- Supply Chain Deconcentration
- Supply Chain Mapping
- Supply Chain Re-routing
- Supply Chain Resilience
- Surveillance Technology
- Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SWIFT
- SWIFT
- Synthetic Biology
- Synthetic Biology Sovereignty
- Synthetic Data
- Synthetic Data Governance
- Synthetic Media
- Synthetic Media Authentication
- System Card
- Systemically Important Bank (SIB)