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LATEST RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Why American Primacy Is Ending — and What Comes Next

Power, leadership and the cost of rupture.

Thomas A. Bernes

March 13, 2026

From AI Data Centres to Your Next Smartphone: The Memory Bottleneck Is Everyone’s Problem

Alex He

March 9, 2026

Transnational Repression in an Age of Upheaval: Global Policy Challenges for Canada

March 2, 2026

When Human Bias Meets Machine-Scale Amplification

Cornelia C. Walther

March 5, 2026

Technology Policy and Diplomacy: The Indian Experience

Sanjay Bhattacharyya

March 4, 2026

Anticipating the Mind-Machine: Governance Innovation for Frontier Technologies

B. Courtney Doagoo

March 9, 2026

In the Age of AI, the Fog of War Thickens

Bessma Momani

March 12, 2026

AI-Enabled Manufacturing Will Change How, When and Where Goods Are Made

March 10, 2026

Events

Digital Economy

The Canadian Standard of Living, Productivity and Innovation: Core Productivity Drivers and Diagnostics

Apr 9, 2026 - 5:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)

RSVP

Apr

Transformative Technologies

Digital Policy Hub Spring 2026 Research Conference

Apr 28, 2026 - 9:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)

PRIVATE

Apr

Digital Economy

The Canadian Standard of Living, Productivity and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada's Standard of Living

May 13, 2026 - 5:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)

RSVP

May

Publications

The Fourth Path: Middle-Income Countries and Prosocial AI

Cornelia C. Walther

March 5, 2026

New Features of Digital Governance in Mainland China and Hong Kong

February 26, 2026

From Trolls to Generative AI: Russia’s Disinformation Evolution

Daniela Iampolsca

February 25, 2026

Cross-Border Data Transfer Regimes: Current Landscape and Outlook Ahead

S. Yash Kalash

February 24, 2026

Highlights

Data Governance

The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data

The Ethics of Automated Warfare and Artificial Intelligence

Platform Governance

The Four Domains of Global Platform Governance

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

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

Transformative Technologies

Global Cooperation after COVID-19

National Security

Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis

Artificial Intelligence

Modern Conflict and Artificial Intelligence

Modernizing the World Trade Organization

National Security

Governing Cyberspace during a Crisis in Trust

Global value chains have underpinned the modern economy for decades, but growing concentration, geopolitical tensions and supply‑chain shocks are forcing governments and businesses to rethink how they are structured.

S. Yash Kalash

February 12, 2026

Cybersecurity

Building Canada’s Cyber Resilience: Waterloo Security Dialogue 2025

February 11, 2026

Ordinary People Rule (finding a path to true democracy with James Bacchus)

February 18, 2026

National Security

Canada’s New Era of Defence Spending: From Peace Dividend to Defence Dividend

December 11, 2025

National Security

Canada at Economic War — Economic Statecraft Is Not Economic War

Raquel Garbers

July 29, 2025

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