Top 20 Best Countries for Business Development by 2035

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By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

Introduction

By 2035, the best country for business development will not necessarily be the country with the lowest tax rate or the fastest incorporation form. It will be the country where business can be built, financed, protected, scaled and lived around.

This means the serious founder must now ask a wider question: not merely where to register a company, but where to create a durable economic life. A truly strong jurisdiction must combine legal predictability, workable taxation, credible institutions, practical infrastructure, decent family living conditions, educational opportunity for children, acceptable healthcare, and enough economic headroom for the entrepreneur not only to survive, but to accumulate capital.

That is why this article does not offer a shallow “top list”. It offers a strategic view of 20 jurisdictions that, for different reasons, may remain among the strongest places in the world for business development by 2035. The world economy is entering a more selective era of capital, more geopolitical fragmentation, more AI-led productivity gaps, and more competition between tax systems, talent systems and quality-of-life systems. Countries that align all three — money, institutions and family life — will win the next decade.

GREAT NEWS: The 1st Einstein Science School Franchise Opens in Turkmenistan

A landmark moment for education in Central Asia has arrived. The first Einstein Science School franchise in Turkmenistan is opening in Ashgabat, creating a powerful new opportunity for children and teenagers to enter the world of science not in the 7th or 8th grade, as often happens in traditional school systems, but from the age of six.

This is more than the opening of a new educational centre. It is the beginning of a new scientific culture for young minds in Turkmenistan.

The project is being launched under the international franchise model of the International Business Academy IBA Consortium, together with local partners Grigoriy Gurbanov, Jamilia Kerimova, and Ish Nokady Group. Their mission is ambitious and inspiring: to give children in Ashgabat access to high-quality STEM education, practical experiments, scientific thinking, and future-oriented technologies from an early age.

China’s Energy Dependence 2026: Top 10 Oil & Gas Suppliers and Strait of Hormuz

China remains the world’s largest importer of oil and one of the largest importers of natural gas. Its energy vulnerability is shaped not only by the volume of imports, but also by the geography of supply: a significant share of oil and part of LNG shipments pass through Middle Eastern maritime routes, including the Strait of Hormuz. Therefore, any escalation in the Strait of Hormuz directly affects China’s energy security, logistics, prices, refinery margins and Beijing’s foreign-policy negotiations.

In 2024, China imported around 11.1 million barrels of crude oil per day, covering approximately 74% of the country’s apparent oil consumption. The five largest suppliers — Russia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Iraq and Oman — accounted for roughly two thirds of China’s oil imports.

Russia became China’s largest oil supplier in 2024: deliveries reached 108.5 million tonnes, or about 2.17 million barrels per day. Saudi Arabia supplied around 78.64 million tonnes, or 1.57 million barrels per day, while Malaysia sharply increased deliveries to 70.38 million tonnes. Reuters separately notes that Malaysia acts as an important transit hub for sanctioned oil, including Iranian and Venezuelan crude.

Strategically, it is important that around 90% of China’s crude oil imports arrived by sea, while the remaining share came overland, primarily from Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. This means that China is partly protected by land-based supplies from Russia, but still remains heavily dependent on maritime routes.

Why the Office of British Prime Minister Has Become Almost Impossible

In recent years, the United Kingdom has faced not merely another political crisis, but a deeper institutional problem: the office of prime minister itself appears to have become increasingly difficult to hold effectively. The issue is no longer only the weakness of individual leaders, but the growing inability of the political system to provide stability, time and authority for long-term government.

Since 2016, Britain has passed through a rapid succession of prime ministers: David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer — and potentially another leader after him. Each premiership failed or weakened for specific reasons: Brexit, scandals, economic mistakes, loss of trust, internal party conflict, strategic uncertainty or public fatigue. Yet behind these individual failures lies a larger question: whether the structure of British government has itself become dysfunctional.

Eurovision 2026: A 70-Year Jubilee

The Eurovision Song Contest returned to Vienna in 2026 for one of the most symbolic editions in its history: the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. The official Eurovision page for Vienna 2026 presented the event as a landmark anniversary edition, held at the Wiener Stadthalle on 12, 14 and 16 May 2026. Vienna was a particularly meaningful host city: Austria had hosted Eurovision there before, most famously in 2015, and the city’s musical heritage gave the jubilee edition a strong cultural frame. (Eurovision Song Contest)

The 2026 Grand Final in Vienna was won by Bulgaria’s DARA with “Bangaranga,” giving Bulgaria its first Eurovision victory. According to AP, the song received 516 points, while Israel finished second with 343 points. The 2026 edition also took place under political tension and boycotts linked to Israel’s participation, reminding the world that Eurovision has always been more than a song contest: it is also a mirror of Europe’s social, cultural and political climate. (AP News)

Anne Applebaum: What, actually, is European Civilization?

 

Since 2019, the Institute for Human Sciences and the Erste Foundation have sponsored an annual Speech for Europe. The speech is always timed to coincide with the opening of the Wiener Festwochen, Vienna’s annual cultural festival, and is on or near Europe Day, which is also the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The speech is held outdoors, on Judenplatz, the centre of the Viennese Jewish community during the Middle Ages and the site of an important Holocaust memorial today. Entry is free and the audience stands to listen. Hopefully it does not rain.

This year, Anne Applebaum gave the speech. American readers might note that she speaks here as a European and offers advice to Europeans. This is because she has a Polish passport, acquired in 2013, but also because she considers herself to be a patriotic citizen of the transatlantic alliance that America built together with Europe more than eighty years ago. She also believes that the ideas and values behind the American, Polish and British constitutions are the same.