If history is any guide, the guardrails for frontier AI will have to be built before the superpowers are ready to embrace ...

A coalition of willing countries can start building practical AI governance now, without waiting for a grand bargain or a crisis to force the issue.

The agreement shows that, despite the increasing fragmentation of cyberspace, it is still possible to conclude global agreements on e-commerce, the author argues. (Photo illustration/via REUTERS) On ...

Cross‑border data transfers underpin the modern digital economy, enabling global trade, innovation and collaboration in an increasingly interconnected world. The regulatory regimes governing these ...

In one of its last moves of 2023, the Government of Canada published the final regulations for Bill C-18, the Online News Act, on December 15. The law requires large “digital news intermediaries” — in ...

Former CIGI Visiting Executive ...

Doors Open Waterloo Region returns as an in-person event in 2026 on Saturday, September 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A day of discovery: tour 27 local destinations, including noteworthy buildings, ...

Amos C. Fox is a retired US Army officer with multiple combat deployments to Iraq. Amos has a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Reading and he is a lecturer in political science ...

Following decades of US government-led initiatives to open data and to encourage data flows, it came as a shock to many US trade partners when the Biden administration announced in October 2023 that ...

Across economies and regions, governments are grappling with how to govern emerging technologies, protect critical digital infrastructure and navigate a more fragmented geopolitical environment. In ...

Today, information is currency; it facilitates productivity, exchange, technology and trade. Information is also the building block of the digital economy. Although many countries are gaining ...

This paper considers possible futures for the international monetary system in light of recent economic and political events in the United States and globally. It contrasts scenarios pre- and ...