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International Relations And Global Security

Looking at international relations and security (IR&S) and foreign policy (FP) issues through the eyes of an innovation studies researcher presents a dialectic challenge. On the one hand, it is always restricted by the natural…

World Economic Forum

21st January to 24th January 2020 - DAVOS The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters is the foremost creative force for engaging the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional…

Addressing Hybrid Threats

Gregory F. Treverton Hybrid threats have become the 21st security challenge for Western countries. They reflect significant change in the nature of international security. Change tends to increase feelings of insecurity and, historically, frictions in…

Milken Institute’s 23rd Annual Global Conference

Bridging to the Future The Global Conference is an internationally recognized forum for people and organizations driven by a collective commitment to divergent thinking and sustainable solutions to some of the world’s greatest needs. Bringing…

Global Energy Forum

JANUARY 10-12, 2020 - ABU DHABI The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum is the go-to conference on the geopolitics of the energy transformation, where energy and foreign policy leaders come together to set the energy…

Is China Beating America to AI Supremacy?

Beijing is not just trying to master artificial intelligence—it is succeeding. AI will have as transformative an impact on commerce and national security over the next two decades as semiconductors, computers and the web have…

Ensuring the Cybersecurity of the Nation

Federal agencies and other entities need to take urgent actions to implement a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, perform effective oversight, secure federal systems, and protect cyber critical infrastructure, privacy, and sensitive data. Since our previous 2017…

High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence

This working document was produced by the AI HLEG without prejudice to the individual position of its members on specific points, and without prejudice to the final version of the document. This document will still…

Can Blockchain Revolutionize International Trade?

Blockchain is seen as a possible game-changer to digitalize and automate trade finance processes, in particular letters of credit, and to ease supply chain finance. An array of banks working with financial technology (fintech) startups…