As US investors leverage investor-state dispute settlement and US Code section 301 against South Korea following the 2025 ...

The Canadian government’s ability to respond to transnational repression is challenged by three factors: Ottawa’s pursuit of warmer ties with autocracies; Ottawa’s uncritical embrace of artificial ...

This paper maps the current landscape of cross-border data transfer frameworks in key jurisdictions around the world, ...

The global payments landscape is increasingly described as “multi-rail” or a dense ecosystem of cards, instant payments, bank transfers, digital wallets, stablecoins and emerging central bank digital ...

The war in Ukraine illustrates how generative AI enhances Russia’s propaganda and psychological operations, acting as a test ground for tactics later employed elsewhere. To protect information ...

Canada and India can forge a new path in AI and climate intelligence — uniting tech innovation, data governance and sustainability leadership.

Africa has an opportunity to develop governance frameworks that address its own needs and serve as a model for other regions. Promoting digital connectivity, strengthening local tech ecosystems and ...

Companies, not governments, are at the cutting edge of developing new artificial intelligence technologies for military use, and regulation needs to keep pace with these advances. Yet geopolitical ...

Emile Dirks is a senior research associate at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where he explores police surveillance, transnational ...

Stewart Beck is the former CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and former Canada’s high commissioner to India.