By: Gregory Treverton - First published at: The Conversation The agreement between Israel and Hamas – driven by U.S. pressure on Israel – to exchange 50 hostages for 150 Palestinian prisoners and to pause fighting for four…
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,…
Data: Governance and Geopolitics
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…
Fighting Covid and an attempted coup: the shining…
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…
Data: Governance and Geopolitics
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…
Why data governance matters:
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…
Viewing tech giants as a geopolitical force
BY GREGORY F. TREVERTON & PARI ESFANDIARI First Published in The Hill The rapid ascendance of a handful of tech startups to a giant, powerful independent geopolitical force not only has taken governments unprepared but…