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Commentary
Data: Governance and Geopolitics
January 11, 2021 Though data governance is a vital geopolitical issue, it is still not well understood or organized. This calls for urgent solutions to ensure that the most transformative technologies of our time do not spiral out of control into a world order we will come to regret.

Commentary
The International Telecommunications Union: The Most Important UN Agency You Have Never Heard Of
December 14, 2020 | Kristen Cordell The International Telecommunications Union preceded the United Nations and today is the multilateral forum where decisions about telecommunications are made. U.S. strategic competitors follow the organization with great interest. The United States should, too.

Commentary
Can We Compete in Cyberspace?
November 2, 2020 | James Andrew Lewis Overconfidence in U.S. power and reluctance to recognize change from a period when the United States had unchallenged superiority contribute to the lack of an effective response to the new style of inter-state conflict in cyberspace.

Critical Questions
The Russian Cyber Indictments
October 20, 2020 | James Andrew Lewis On October 19, the Department of Justice charged six Russian intelligence officers for conducting disruptive activities in cyberspace. CSIS’s James Lewis explores how these indictments uphold the globally agreed norms for responsible state behavior in cyberspace.

Commentary
Two Western Roads to Regulating Artificial Intelligence
October 2, 2020 CSIS Senior Adviser Meredith Broadbent compares the regulatory approaches to AI in the United States and Europe.

Critical Questions
Transatlantic Data Flows: Permanently Broken or Temporarily Fractured?
August 31, 2020 | William Alan Reinsch The rocky history of transatlantic data transfers continues with the recent invalidation of the Privacy Shield Agreement, emphasizing the conflict between national surveillance and personal data protection.

Commentary
The Forgotten Power of Trade
August 6, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman The world’s largest economy has largely forgotten how to use economic power. As it leans heavily on the stick, the United States must rediscover the power of the carrot in foreign affairs.

Commentary
How Scary Is TikTok?
July 14, 2020 | James Andrew Lewis Although China does not hesitate to use information technology to spy on its citizens and others, suspicion of TikTok is unfounded, argues CSIS’s James Lewis.

Commentary
An Open Alliance for Digital Trade
May 27, 2020 In competing with China, the United States and its democratic allies should place the free flow of data and an open global digital economy at the heart of their strategy, writes Sam duPont.

Commentary
Big Company, Big Government, Big Brother? Privacy after Covid-19
April 17, 2020 | James Andrew Lewis Governments are collecting increasing amounts of data on individuals in order to track and combat the spread of Covid-19. But will these measures stay in place once the pandemic passes, and, if so, what new rules will govern privacy?

Commentary
China’s Digital Silk Road after the Coronavirus
April 13, 2020 | Jude Blanchette, Jonathan E. Hillman China’s technology ambitions appeared imperiled by Covid-19, but the pandemic is already providing new opportunities for China’s rise as a technology power and global provider of digital infrastructure.

Commentary
Competition or Coordination: Coronavirus in the Developing World
March 27, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, William J. Garvelink, Janina Staguhn

In light of the spreading coronavirus, the United States should lead a global coalition to address the crisis in the developing world.

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