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.
War, Institutional Mutation, and the Limits of Adversarial Coexistence By: Pari Esfandiari The 2026 U.S.-Iran war has entered a new phase. The initial ceasefire has fractured under renewed military exchanges, maritime confrontation has intensified, and…
By Gregory F. Treverton and C. Bryan Gabbard (January 2026) As global competition becomes increasingly shaped by geopolitical shifts, emerging technologies, and complex interconnected risks, the U.S. Intelligence Community faces a growing challenge: moving beyond…
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…
From rulemaker to superpower in the age of US-China rivalry The year 2020 will be remembered as the year of the pandemic, but also as the year when our world restarted on a new course,…
A full-fledged tech cold war could cost the global information and communications technology sector around $3.5 trillion over the next five years due to loss of domestic Chinese demand, costs of shifting global supply chain…
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…