Gregory Treverton and Pari Esfandiari First published on The Hill 5G, the fifth-generation standard for broadband cellular networks, will soon appear on our phones if it hasn’t already. Its potential is stunning, faster speed and…
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…
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…
The Arctic Experience
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…
Data, Governance and GeoPolitics
Click to view the descussion Presented by Oxford Internet Institute in Collaboration with Global TechnoPolitics Forum October 28th, 2020 at 1700 UK time, 1 PM EST Hosted by Professor Philip Howard, Director of the OII. The…
The Tech Cold War Could Cost $3.5 Trillion
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…
Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)
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 geopolitics of standards-setting
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,…
Remembering history so not to repeat it
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…