Re-Imagining Global Architecture
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…
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…
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…
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,…
By: Gregory Treverton & Pari Esfandiari Big data is often perceived as the black gold of the twenty-first century. Despite its fundamental differences with oil, it is indeed as critical, a fact tragically underscored by the lack…
By: Pari Esfandiari & Gregory Treverton The year 2020 seems like a dark time when a devastating pandemic made death, poverty, and isolation the order of the day. It was also the year when American…
Gregory F. Treverton and Pari Esfandiari Big data is often perceived as the black gold of the twenty-first century. Despite its fundamental differences with oil, it is indeed as critical, a fact tragically underscored by the lack of…
A study by the Global TechnoPolitics Forum's associate Paul Ross In the last years of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev deemed the Arctic, his country’s “extreme North,” a “Zone of Peace.” And so it has…
Riyadh will welcome G20 leaders to the 2020 Leaders’ Summit, as the culmination of the Saudi G20 Presidency, on November 21-22, 2020. Read more
By Pari Esfandiari and Gregory F. Treverton Data governance may be a somewhat hackneyed phrase, but to the extent that data is governed, that governance is a byproduct in part of the governing of the internet. The World Summit on…