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Are We Still Dealing With the Same Iran?

War, Institutional Mutation, and the Limits of Adversarial Coexistence By: Pari Esfandiari The 2026 U.S.-Iran war has entered a new phase. The initial ceasefire has fractured under renewed military exchanges, maritime confrontation has intensified, and…

When Therapy Culture Met Social Media

Technology, therapy culture, and the remaking of emotional life By: Pari Esfandiari Much has been written about the psychological effects of social media on younger generations. Endless scrolling, anxiety, shortened attention spans, outrage, identity performance,…

Rethinking Strategic Intelligence

By Gregory F. Treverton and C. Bryan Gabbard (January 2026) As global competition becomes increasingly shaped by geopolitical shifts, emerging technologies, and complex interconnected risks, the U.S. Intelligence Community faces a growing challenge: moving beyond…

Groomed by Default:

How the West Shapes Russia’s LLMs Author: Jack Merrett When the non-profit American Sunlight Project (ASP) coined the term “LLMgrooming” in February 2025, they marked a new frontier in political warfare. ASPfound that a “pro-Russia…

Iran and the Illusion of Peace

By Pari EsfandiariThis war is not a conventional war—it is a collapse of the moral universe in which war is meant to be understood. Calls to “protect the Iranian people” coexist with threats to devastate…

Leadership in the Age of AI & Digital…

On 10 December, the Global TechnoPolitics Forum (GTPF) convened a private roundtable at a moment of profound transition for leaders across government, business, and global institutions. The discussion brought together Gregory Treverton and Jeremy Ghez to explore how generative…

Conspiracy Theories and the Crisis of Truth

GTPF Research Published in New Feltrinelli Volume: Democracy on the Margins The Global TechnoPolitics Forum (GTPF) is pleased to announce the publication of new research by Pari Esfandiari in the edited volume Democrazia ai margini.…

THE COMMERCIAL-NATIONAL SECURITY DILEMMA

Author: LENNART MERTEN Few tensions in national security policy are as persistent, or as consequential, as the one at the heart of this timely study: how to strike a balance between the imperatives of national…

AI: Innovation and Governance – South Korea

Regional Dynamics, and the Role of the Private Sector. The Global TechnoPolitics Forum hosted a thought-provoking roundtable on October 15, 2024, exploring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of geopolitics, innovation,…

Israel’s AI landscape: Innovation and Application

By: Jennifer Korn Artificial intelligence increasingly dominates the global emerging tech scene, seeping into virtually every sector and revolutionizing industry after industry. On a trajectory of immense growth, the global AI market size was estimated…