STILWELL CENTER

It is cliché, of course, to say that the world is at the beginning of an information revolution that, in historical retrospect, will have as profound affect on global social evolution, political and economic power allocation, and general policy development as did the industrial revolution. Nevertheless, advanced information, communication and media technologies have already significantly transformed the existing world order and they continue to unleash powerful forces that increasingly realign political, economic and social relationships... The Global Information Society Project (GISP) is a collaborative research project between the Stilwell Center [www.advancedstudies.org] and the World Policy Institute (WPI) [www.worldpolicy.org] focused on information, communication, and technology policy and related issues, especially as such policy impacts on the development of global civil society, international relations, world trade, global economic development, capital investment, and..