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    LATEST RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

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    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Transformative Technologies

    Reclaiming Cognitive Autonomy in the Age of AI

    Reclaiming cognitive autonomy in the AI age demands hybrid intelligence that preserves independent thought, strengthens human judgment and resists overreliance on machines.

    • Cornelia C. Walther
    August 19, 2025

    • Data Governance
    • National Security
    • Platform Governance

    Canada’s Procurement System Is Broken. More Transparency Could Fix It

    • Matt Malone
    August 14, 2025

    • G20/G7
    • Geopolitics
    • Multilateral Institutions

    We Can’t Blame All Global Trade Chaos on Trump

    • Hector Torres
    August 15, 2025

    • Digital Economy
    • Financial Governance
    • Transformative Technologies

    How Will Stablecoins Integrate with the Financial System?

    • Christian Catalini
    August 12, 2025

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Digital Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Modest Germinations: Toward Decoloniality in AI Governance in Africa

    • Jake Okechukwu Effoduh
    August 13, 2025

    Trauthig, McKay - AI Influence Elections
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Democracy
    • Foreign Interference

    Then and Now: How Does AI Electoral Interference Compare in 2025?

    • Cameron McKay
    • Inga Trauthig
    August 7, 2025

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    • Digital Economy
    • Financial Governance
    • Trade

    How Can Stablecoins Work in a Tariff World?

    • Sharat Chandra
    August 14, 2025

    Kalash, Yash - Trump's Dilemma
    • G20/G7
    • Geopolitics
    • Global Cooperation

    Trump's Dilemma: Why US Wants India To Be Strong, But Not Too Strong

    • S. Yash Kalash
    August 21, 2025

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    • National Security

    A Difficult Balance: Privacy, National Security and the Free Flow of Data

    • Susan Ariel Aaronson
    August 7, 2025
    • Digital Economy
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    Digital Assets Regulation: Lessons from Mainland China and Hong Kong

    • Alex He
    July 18, 2025
    • Digital Economy
    • Financial Governance

    Digital Assets and the Potential for Global Systemic Risk

    • Timothy Lane
    July 17, 2025
    • Data Governance
    • Digital Economy

    Enterprise Value and the Value of Data

    • Dan Ciuriak
    July 15, 2025

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    • Data Governance

    The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data

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    • National Security
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    Cybersecurity and Outer Space

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    • Artificial Intelligence
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    The Ethics of Automated Warfare and Artificial Intelligence

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    • Platform Governance

    The Four Domains of Global Platform Governance

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    • Democracy
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    Situating Canada in a Changing World: Constructing a Modern and Prosperous Future

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    • Conflict Management
    • Transformative Technologies

    Global Cooperation on Digital Governance and the Geoeconomics of New Technologies in a Multi-polar World

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    • Transformative Technologies

    Global Cooperation after COVID-19

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    • National Security

    Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis

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    • Artificial Intelligence

    Modern Conflict and Artificial Intelligence

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    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Trade

    Modernizing the World Trade Organization

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    • National Security

    Governing Cyberspace during a Crisis in Trust

    Multimedia

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    • National Security

    Canada at Economic War — Economic Statecraft Is Not Economic War

    If you want to understand economic war, you need to begin by understanding the difference between economic statecraft and economic war.

    Raquel Garbers, CIGI visiting executive from the Department of National Defence, outlines the clear distinction between the United States’ actions to reset its trade relationship with its allies and the economic warfare conducted by China while highlighting the dangers of conflating the two.

    • Raquel Garbers
    July 29, 2025

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Transformative Technologies

    AI-Driven Productivity Scenarios

    • Paul Samson
    • S. Yash Kalash
    June 2, 2025

    From Shipping Things to Spreading Ideas (unboxing global trade with Marc Levinson)

    • Paul Samson
    • Vass Bednar
    May 5, 2025

    • G20/G7

    T7 2025: Aligning G7 Priorities with Global Challenges

    • Paul Samson
    • Tracey Forrest
    • S. Yash Kalash
    • and more
    April 21, 2025

    Perfect Fit Content (from elevator music to your AI DJ with Liz Pelly)

    • Paul Samson
    • Vass Bednar
    April 22, 2025

    Events

    • Intellectual Property

    8th Annual IP Data & Research Conference | 8e Conférence annuelle sur la recherche et les données en PI

    Nov 4, 2025 - 9:00 AM EST (UTC–05:00)
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    The Future of Digital Finance

    Sep 24, 2025 - 7:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)
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    • G20/G7

    Think7 Summit: Canada 2025

    Apr 1, 2025 - 8:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)
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