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Euralo-ICANN Round Table

This Roundtable was scheduled for April 20th, 2021, at 18-19.30 UTC. To watch the recording please click here.

Mark Zuckerberg, meet Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

BY JOHN WALCOTT, GREGORY F. TREVERTON, AND PARI ESFANDIARI First Published at The Hill In his dialogue, Phaedrus, the Greek philosopher Plato’s King Thamus argued that rather than aiding human memory, the Egyptian god Theuth’s gift…

AN APPRECIATION: RAMSEY CLARK

By Gregory F Treverton One of my heroes died earlier this month, but, alas, I never had the chance to meet him. Clark was a brave champion of civil rights in a series of Justice…

GTPF at the USC

USC IC CAE Annual ColloquiumApril 8-10, 2021April 8th-11:30-1:30pm PDT Technology and Geopolitics Talksmoderated by Gregory Treverton and Steven FlemingOther programs:April 8th-9:30-11am PDT The Fight Against Russian Aggression withKeynote speaker Jack Devine moderated by Professor Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations at USC. April 8th-11:30-1:30pm PDT Technology…

The Digital Currency Race

Since the pandemic hit last year, China has made headlines by charging ahead with its efforts to become the first major power to implement a sovereign digital currency. see more

A la recherche du Shultz perdu

With the passing of George Shultz, the nation has lost an icon of decency and wisdom, and we all lost a role model.  I never had the pleasure of working with him, but every time…

Agenda for the Biden Administration

By: Gregory F. Treverton and Pari Esfandiari It is clear that the new Administration will be swamped in its first months by the urgent– trying to control the raging pandemic, distributing vaccines equitably, dealing with…

American Democracy Held

By PARI ESFANDIARI and GREGORY TREVERTON First published on December 31, 2020 in The Article Title: Fighting Covid and an Attempted Coup: The Shining Moments of 2020. This article was published prior to the Jan 6th…

Foreign Policy on the Home Front

By: John Walcott, Gregory F. Treverton, Pari Esfandiari Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for Secretary of State, has made restoring America’s relations with its allies a top priority. But in order to do that,…