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On November 10, Septian Hario Seto, Executive Secretary of the National Economic Council of the Republic of Indonesia, delivered a presentation at Cornell University examining Indonesia’s value-added strategy for critical minerals....
The Tech Policy Institute was proud to convene the panel Soft Power, Hard Questions: Debates in Arctic Science and Technology Cooperation at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. We would like to thank Dr. Karl Attard, Dr. Gregory...
Cornell has named President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland as 2026 Messenger Lecturer. The Messenger Lectures are the highest recognition of scholarship awarded by the University. For close to 100 years, they have brought to campus an...
Denmark and Australia recently co-hosted the Cyber & Tech Retreat at the World Economic Forum in Silicon Valley, bringing together senior diplomats from more than 25 countries for one of the world’s premier forums on international...
The Cornell Tech Policy Institute (TPI) opened its doors for the 2025 Open House, inviting students, faculty, and visitors to experience firsthand the cutting-edge research shaping the future of technology and policy. The event transformed...
Craig Newmark Philanthropies has awarded the Brooks Tech Policy Institute (BTPI) at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy $140,000 to support its Cyber Test Range, which is designed to detect hidden cyber vulnerabilities in...

THE MILITARIZATION OF OUTER SPACE: LEGAL, ETHICAL AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
THE MILITARIZATION OF OUTER SPACE: LEGAL, ETHICAL AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS Harrison Mellor As governments grow increasingly dependent on commercial space systems for military advantage, private companies are...
Cornell has named President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland as 2026 Messenger Lecturer. The Messenger Lectures are the highest recognition of scholarship awarded by the University. For close to 100 years, they have brought to campus an...
This week, Tech Policy Institute Director Sarah Kreps and Executive Director James Patton Rogers published their latest book Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press) which provides a comprehensive and updated look at...
The Tech Policy Institute’s newest practitioner brief, “Dark Skies: Criminal Drone Operations Targeting Prisons,” by Jack Venables, documents how organized crime is exploiting off-the-shelf drones to smuggle contraband, disrupt...








