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Lebanon: Collapse!

Lebanon, which before its civil war stood as a symbol of what might go right in the Middle East, now stands as testimony to what can go wrong.  It began to unravel in 2019, after…

JBS Foods Ransomware Attack

By: Dan Simonds On Sunday, May 30, JBS Foods USA, the world's largest processor of beef and pork, determined that its North American and Australian (IT) information technology systems were the target of a ransomware…

European Network Readiness & Digital Transformation

Roundtable: Organized by the Euralo Available recordings: English, Spanish, French, Russian. See below for links to recordings. AGENDA     Agenda Presentation  Welcome: Sébastien Bachollet (3’)Leader & moderator:  Introduction and scoping questions - Pari Esfandiari, Member, Euralo, At…

Think again about China

By: Gregory Treverton - First Published in The Hill Even by the usual Washington standards, the current debate about China is remarkably caricatured. Indeed, it says more about us than about them, and, sadly, what…

Colonial Pipeline Follow-up

By: Daniel Simonds - Research analyst at the GTPF On May 7th, 2021, a ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down their mainlines (1, 2, 3, and 4). This ransomware…

Data: Governance & Geopolitics

To view the Zoom discussion in English please click here. Recordings in other languages Description: This panel will address the assemblage of laws, treaties, agreements, regulations, and self-regulation through which data is "governed," with particular…

Treverton on Mexico

Cinco de Mayo - Gregory Treverton speaking about his experiences in Mexico. Watch this event.

Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

By: Daniel Simonds - Research analyst at the GTPF On Friday, May 7th, 2021 multiple news sources reported that Colonial Pipeline, a major U.S. pipeline that moves gasoline and other fuels from Texas to the…