"The $4 Trillion Gamble: The Political Economy of the Emerging Global Information and Communication Infrastructure"

Peter F. Cowhey is Dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Communications and Technology Policy at the University of California, San Diego. His current research includes the political determinants of foreign policy, the reorganization of the global communications and information industries, internationalization of the world's research universities and the future of foreign trade and investment rules in the Pacific Rim. Jonathan D. Aronson is Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. His current research focuses on trade negotiations, trade in services, comparative regulation, international strategic alliances, and international telecommunications. Together with John Richards, Professors Cowhey and Aronson have written, Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets: The Political Economy of Innovation (MIT Press), available in January 2009.

Co-Sponsored by the Industry Studies Program of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

See Flyer

Full Event Details and Materials>>