CIS26 and the Rise of the ‘Policy Architect’: Why Intellectual Lineage Matters in Caribbean Governance.
CIS26 and the Rise of the ‘Policy Architect’: Why Intellectual Lineage Matters in Caribbean Governance. #PolicyArchitecture #DigitalSovereignty #CaribbeanGovernance #CIS26 #TheInnissInstitute #PublicPolicy #DigitalGovernance #GlobalSouth #SovereignDesign #ThoughtLeadership #PolicyInnovation By Dr. Abiola Inniss Ph.D. LLM. The announcement of CIS26, the Caribbean Investment Summit scheduled for May 2026, marks a notable moment in the region’s governance discourse. Among its featured sessions is a panel of “Policy Architects” convened to discuss regulatory futures for the Caribbean. The term is striking not because of its novelty, but because of its sudden appearance. Until very recently, “policy architect” did not exist in Caribbean policy vocabulary . Its introduction into a major regional forum raises important questions about how new ideas enter the Caribbean’s institutional ecosystem, how they are adopted, and how their intellectual orig...