Balsillie Papers

Ana Brandusescu
Whether in self-regulation or government regulation, Big Tech influences the direction of governance of AI, which increasingly is evolving to governance by AI and the automation of jobs.

Barry Appleton
This paper argues that any exploratory discussions between Canada and the European Union on a digital trade agreement must be paused until Canada legislates a domestic digital sovereignty framework and builds the governance capacity to implement it.

Matt Malone
Canada’s proposed cyber security for critical infrastructure bill, Bill C-8, could push Canada to the brink of a disruption in the framework governing cross-border data flows, creating tremendous uncertainty for actors in the digital economy who routinely process Europeans’ personal data.

Obasesam Okoi
As AI infrastructures expand rapidly across the globe, they bring into sharper focus the often-overlooked costs of digital innovation, particularly their entanglement with extractive economies and conflict dynamics.

Fred Cheung
Semiconductors constitute the backbone of the modern economy, but Canada relies heavily on imported chips. This context highlights the urgency for Ottawa to strengthen its domestic semiconductor ecosystem.

Warren Parker and Alan Whiteside
In the initial months of the second Trump administration, abrupt policy shifts placed the lives of millions of people living with HIV at risk and significantly weakened global HIV prevention efforts.

Fatmanur Delioglu
This paper examines the integration of advanced surveillance technologies in the European Union, the multiple uses of technologies, and their impact on migrants and migration management.

Abdul Malek Al Jaber and Jatin Nathwani
An economic corridor through Gaza — the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) — could become a gradual pathway for peace, productivity and stability in the region.

Münür Sacit Herdem and Jatin Nathwani
Green hydrogen has enormous potential for advancing a low-carbon future within the hard-to-abate sectors and also for shaping the issue of energy security. In this paper, we present a beginner’s guide for policymakers and readers interested in green hydrogen.

Katherine Bruce-Lockhart and Ashley M. W. Mungai While mass prisoner releases are not a new phenomenon — throughout history, governments have freed people in response to health crises, during holidays, or to mark political transitions — the scale, scope and speed of releases during the pandemic were unprecedented.