GTG Research

Research Initiatives

The Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance (GTG) examines how emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and smart devices—are redefining power, economies, and policies worldwide. Our research addresses the complex challenges these advances pose for international security, and how governments, businesses, and individuals adapt to shifting landscapes of risk and opportunity.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, security, and governance worldwide, raising urgent questions about how to distribute its benefits equitably while managing risks. GTG examines how democracies can leverage AI innovation to advance shared prosperity and security, with particular attention to infrastructure requirements, Global South perspectives, and mechanisms for international cooperation.

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AI for Peace

This research initiative investigates how the United States and its allies and partners can leverage their comparative advantages in AI innovation to equitably distribute the benefits of AI while incentivizing trustworthy deployment. The research focuses on three key areas:

Infrastructural requirements for deploying AI at scale for countries at all levels of economic development and multilateral, multi-stakeholder mechanisms for meeting those requirements.
Global South perspectives on promising use cases for AI and governance approaches for facilitating AI deployment while managing risks.
Prospects and options for international collaborations to address cross-border security, environmental, and other externalities.

The Future of Decision–Making

The Future of Decision-Making Project (FODM) is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research initiative examining how emerging technologies—particularly artificial intelligence and advanced decision-support systems—are reshaping human decision-making in high-stakes domains such as national security, defense, and crisis management. Rather than focusing solely on technological capability, the project centers on the human dimension: how judgment, responsibility, and accountability evolve as machines increasingly inform, shape, or constrain human choices. The project brings together scholars and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to develop empirically grounded, policy-relevant insights into the future of human-machine decision systems.

GEOPOLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY

Emerging technologies are becoming central to great power competition and regional security dynamics. GTG examines how technological advantages translate into geopolitical leverage, how U.S. strategy can balance competition with innovation and alliance partnerships, and how technology is reshaping power dynamics across critical regions like East Asia.

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Geopolitics of Technology in East Asia

GTG's annual conference and ongoing research initiative brings together leading regional experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to examine how technological developments are reshaping geopolitical dynamics across East Asia. The research focuses on critical technology supply chains—particularly semiconductors—regional responses to U.S.-China competition, and opportunities for multilateral cooperation on technology governance.

CHINA & DIGITAL COMPETITION

China's rapid digital development and distinct governance approaches have profound implications for global markets, security, and technology standards. GTG analyzes Chinese technology policy and corporate strategies through original-language sources, providing insights into how China's digital trajectory shapes international competition and governance debates.

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DigiChina

The DigiChina project, led by Graham Webster, enhances understanding of China's digital policy developments through translating and analyzing Chinese-language sources. Since 2017, DigiChina has published translations of primary sources, contextual explanation, and analysis on China’s technology policy landscape, covering topics including the Cybersecurity Law regime, data governance, artificial intelligence, and China’s official push for greater technological independence.

CYBERSECURITY & INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Effective governance of technology challenges requires sustained dialogue and cooperation across borders. GTG facilitates Track II exchanges with international partners, building relationships and shared understanding that can lay groundwork for broader policy cooperation on cybersecurity and technology governance issues.

Recent Publications

Publications

Journal Articles

The charcot foot in diabetes

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2011

Journal Articles

Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from Randomized Evaluation in Rural China

Economics of Education Review, 2011

Books

The cost-effectiveness of symptom-based testing and routine screening for acute HIV infection in men who have sex with men in the USA

AIDS, 2011

Journal Articles

Recent Publications

The charcot foot in diabetes

Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from Randomized Evaluation in Rural China

“The Final Inequality: Variance in Age at Death”. In: John Shoven, Ed. Demography and the Economy

Gain and loss learning differentially contribute to life financial outcomes

Predictors of placement for children who initially remained in their homes after an investigation for abuse or neglect

Influenza Vaccine Supply and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Vaccination Among the Elderly

The cost-effectiveness of symptom-based testing and routine screening for acute HIV infection in men who have sex with men in the USA

Assessing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of concurrency reduction for HIV prevention

Disciplining Technopolitics: Physics, Computing, and the ‘Star Wars’ Debate

Clinical characteristics of children receiving antipsychotic medication

A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process

Analysis in the U.S. Intelligence Community: Missions, Masters, and Methods

Knowing loved ones' end-of-life health care wishes: Attachment security predicts caregivers' accuracy

Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors

European Answers to the Financial Crisis: Social Banking and Social Finance

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2010-2011

Historicism, Theory, and Method

Paul Virilio

Comparative analysis of old-age mortality estimations in Africa

15 Years of Privatization of Italian Cultural Heritage

Lifestyles

WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade

Regional Integration and Agricultural Trade Policy

Rural Electrification: Strategies for Distributed Generation

Quantitative genetic analysis reveals trade-offs between age at first reproduction and fertility