Modern smart cities pose real challenges to society, democracy and sovereignty. In this video, Bianca Wylie outlines five approaches for a democratic and just smart city.

Anton Malkin suggests that China’s industrial policies have been viewed too narrowly — without sufficient attention to longer-term global governance issues — by a large segment of the global business and policy-making community.

Since the financial crisis, regulators have been shifting their focus to policy that protects the stability of the financial system. Steven L. Schwarcz analyzes regulatory tools to protect financial stability when systemically important firms become financially troubled.

In our interconnected and globalized world, a tweet, like the proverbial flutter of a butterfly’s wing, may have profound effects far away. Oonagh Fitzgerald argues that international relations is too subtle a task to be conducted through Twitter alone.

Paul Heinbecker says that Saudi apologists need to give the heads a shake. In their spat with Saudi Arabia, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland was right to speak up and Canada has the wherewithal to let the chips fall where they may.

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a key policy issue, Bushra Ebadi argues that global cooperation is needed. Unless we develop AI policies in a collaborative environment, AI will reinforce norms of competition and conflict.