Re-Imagining Global Architecture
This program attempts to provide a deep understanding of the emerging world order and examine the ability of current institutions to deal with it. The transformative power of technology and the importance of security are central to exploring this theme. The objective is to provide a foundation from which to reimagine the world architecture.
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…
The Internet's Transformative Journey Over the Next 50 Years By: Pari Esfandiari As we project the trajectory of the Internet over the next 50 years, its integration into every aspect of life becomes evident, marking…
White paper- World Economic Forum -Paths towards Free and Trusted Data Flows In his landmark speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 in Davos‑Klosters, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited leaders to build…
The grand-scale struggles of power between international superpowers might appear a far cry from the everyday business of a technology company. However, in reality, geopolitics has very tangible implications for corporates within the tech sector,…
The House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (“Lords”) has published a report that puts ethics at the centre of the use and development of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) within the UK. AI continues to develop in…
The conference on ‘Digital Finance in Africa’s future’ had two complementary aims. The first was to bring together some of the foremost African and Africa-based innovators in this field in order to highlight the obstacles…
By: Pari Esfandiari & Gregory Treverton George Santyana said that “those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it.” He might have added that remembering your own history is not enough: you also…
By: Pari Esfandiari @ Gregory Treverton War by miscalculation can hardly be ruled out, but for the moment, both the Trump administration and Iran seemed to have decided to lower the temperature of the crisis.…
By: Pari Esfandiari & Gregory Treverton Concerns over Iranian retaliation or a complete nuclear break-out in the wake of the killing of Qasem Soleimani are understandable, but the real costs for the United States will…
Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but…