Commentary and Analysis

Innovation, utopian visions, ethics, and profits have shaped the effects technology has on urban life. What has worked, what has failed, and what does it mean for the future?

With AI set to reshape the world, "Dream States" offers a timely and comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities of smart city technology.

Could Big Tech's failure to moderate social media be fueling violence and extremism in Kenya and beyond?

Trade will remain a key arena of great power competition between the US and China, Paul Poast writes.

"The influence exercised by corporations in the global economy should not be conflated with power in the international system," Paul Poast writes.

How can cyber technologies erode democracy?

“Unmitigated AI could deepen social, economic, and digital cleavages between and within countries,” warns Robert Muggah with Ilona Szabó.

While concerns about artificial intelligence's effects on the economy are understandable, we shouldn't overreact, Paul Poast argues.

How have online platforms, and lax US regulation, facilitated the flow of data from the US to China – and what does this mean for the geopolitical contest between these superpowers?

Amy Zegart, author of “Spies, Lies and Algorithms”, reveals how technology is transforming espionage.