Deep Dive into Cutting-Edge Public Policy Issues

Online courses taught by world-leading experts 

Learn from experts from the world's top universities, think tanks, and law firms
  • Universities such as Yale, Berkeley, University College London, and more
  • Think Tanks  
  • Top law firms such as Akin Gump 
With experience in government, advising international organizations such as the World Bank, and working with some of the world's largest  businesses. 
What we deliver in each and every deep dive

Learn from world-leading experts

 Learn from some of the world's foremost experts about the most pressing public policy challenges.  

Better understand risk

Better assess business and market risk with access to the latest insights into key public policy developments globally. 

 Get a 360º view of the issue

Learn who are the key actors driving public policy, their goals and strategies. 

 Where some of our students work

Government Agencies  

  • Global Affairs Canada
  • Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • United States Trade Representative (USTR)
  • Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry
  • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • USAID

International Organizations and Development Banks  

  • The World Bank
  • The International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • The European Free Trade Association  
  • APEC


The Private Sector   


  • PwC
  • Deloitte 
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Luminos Fund
  • The Business Software Alliance
  • The World Economic Forum

Philanthropic Organizations and NGOs

  • National Center for APEC 
  • Teach for India 
  • Dubai Cares
  • Care Social Ventures
  • Atlantic Council
What our students are saying
"Great faculty and engaged participants and the online format allowed me to balance professional work commitments and learning objectives."
Sara Khan
Teach for India 
"Everything you need to know about the current state of affairs regarding China's data governance and the role that  this is currently playing in US-China relations. I would highly recommend this Deep Dive."
Kenton Thibaut
Atlantic Council
"A great network of like-minded individuals, with plenty of opportunity to share ideas, learn more and get practical suggestions."
Mila Nepomnyashchiy
USAID
"The industry insights were extremely valuable and otherwise difficult to get."
Lei Jiahui
Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry
"A fantastic instructor who is extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter."
Amy Bernath
IREX 
"I really appreciated the instructor's ability to summarize and contextualize major policy developments and legislation in China. Analysis of the interplay between Chinese policies, the US response and Chinese counter responses was most interesting."
 Jared Ragland
 Business Software Alliance
"A brilliantly structured and delivered course, providing practitioners a concise but comprehensive overview of the topic."
ADITI Verghese
World Economic Forum

"I have developed a big picture understanding of digital trade, which will help me in my job working at APEC, including how APEC discussions fit more broadly into global discussions."

Loraine Ashcroft
National Center for APEC

"The knowledge I gained in this Deep Dive will be applied in our institution's efforts to facilitate the set-up of an impact bond."

Senior Official

International Organization

"This Deep Dive has significantly improved my understanding of forms of governance for digital trade and AI."

Johannes Schwartz
The European Free Trade Association  

 Our Deep Dives  

Data and Digital Technologies

International Trade and Investment

China

Climate Change

Privacy
Export Controls and their National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives 
Learn how export controls work, their national security and foreign policy objectives and fully understand the legal, political, economic, and policy levers and trade-offs inherent in any discussion of export control policy.

Kevin Wolf

Aikin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

China's Digital Governance and Its Global Implications 
Learn about developments in China's digital policies from privacy to security, what these developments mean for data flows and investment, and how countries such as the US are responding. 

CPD Certification

 Samm Sacks

Yale University

China and its Development of Artificial Intelligence
Learn about developments on China on AI regulation and successes and challenges in developing in China and domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity, particularly in light of US export controls. Learn about the impact of US export controls on China and the latest developments on AI in China, including what to make of DeepSeek and implications for generative AI development in the US and globally.  

Paul Triolo  

Partner for China and Technology Policy Albright Stonebridge Group  

Global Developments in Privacy Law and Policy 
Examine key concepts for understanding how information privacy law works, learn about the key international approaches to protection personal information in the U.S., the EU and China, and understand the different approach to cross-border flow of personal data and what is being done to enable cross-border flows of personal data.  
CLE Credit or CPD Certification

Paul Schwartz

University of California, Berkeley

China's Political Developments and Their Global Implications 
Learn about China's political system, including the latest developments at the highest level of politics. Understand how China's decision makers are viewing key issues and how the might respond, including to geopolitical competition with the U.S., international trade, and developments in AI. 

Dr Aaron Glasserman

Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania  

The European Approach to Regulating Artificial Intelligence
Learn about the latest developments in Europe when it comes to regulating AI, with a focus on the AI Act, as well as other key digital regulation such as the Digital Markets Act. Understand who are the key players in Europe influencing the development of AI regulation in the EU and learn about how Europe is thinking about geopolitical competition with China on AI, and how Europe's relationship with the US on AI might develop.  

Dan Nechita   

Managing Partner
Vanguard Europe  

Intellectual Property Rights in a Global and Digital Economy
Learn about how intellectual property (IP) rights are managed globally, including through trade and investment agreements and the role of IP in enabling development of critical technologies such as AI and biotechnology. 

Bryan Mercurio

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Export Controls and their National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives 
Learn how export controls work, their national security and foreign policy objectives and fully understand the legal, political, economic, and policy levers and trade-offs inherent in any discussion of export control policy.

Kevin Wolf

Aikin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

The impacts of climate change on international trade
Learn how climate change is impacting global trade and investment policy and the efforts to align the trade, investment and climate agendas.

CPD Certification

Emily Lydgate

University of Sussex

Labor Standards and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Learn how compliance with labor and human rights standards is being approached by governments domestically and in international trade agreements, and by firms themselves as they seek to respond to consumer demand for ethically produced goods.
CLE Credit and/or CPD Certification

Kevin Kolben
Rutgers University

Governing Digital Trade and Data Flows
Learn how cross-border data flows and digital technology such as AI are transforming international trade and the economic implications, and the international trade rules that apply and being developed and the different approaches being taken by the US, China and Europe. 

CPD Certification

Joshua P. Meltzer
Brookings Institution

China's Digital Governance and Its Global Implications 
Learn about developments in China's digital policies from privacy to security, what these developments mean for data flows and investment, and how countries such as the US are responding. 
CPD Certification

 Samm Sacks

Yale University

Export Controls and their National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives 
Learn how export controls work, their national security and foreign policy objectives and fully understand the legal, political, economic, and policy levers and trade-offs inherent in any discussion of export control policy.

Kevin Wolf

Aikin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

China and its Development of Artificial Intelligence
Learn about developments on China on AI regulation and successes and challenges in developing in China and domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity, particularly in light of US export controls. Learn about the impact of US export controls on China and the latest developments on AI in China, including what to make of DeepSeek and implications for generative AI development in the US and globally.  

Paul Triolo  

Partner for China and Technology Policy Albright Stonebridge Group  

China's Political Developments and Their Global Implications 
Learn about China's political system, including the latest developments at the highest level of politics. Understand how China's decision makers are viewing key issues and how the might respond, including to geopolitical competition with the U.S., international trade, and developments in AI. 

Dr Aaron Glasserman

Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania  

Global Developments in Privacy Law and Policy
Examine key concepts for understanding how information privacy law works, learn about the key international approaches to protection personal information in the U.S., the EU and China, and understand the different approach to cross-border flow of personal data and what is being done to enable cross-border flows of personal data.  
CLE Credit or CPD Certification

Paul Schwartz

University of California, Berkeley

The European Approach to Regulating Artificial Intelligence
Learn about the latest developments in Europe when it comes to regulating AI, with a focus on the AI Act, as well as other key digital regulation such as the Digital Markets Act. Understand who are the key players in Europe influencing the development of AI regulation in the EU and learn about how Europe is thinking about geopolitical competition with China on AI, and how Europe's relationship with the US on AI might develop.  

Dan Nechita   

Managing Partner
Vanguard Europe  

The impacts of climate change on international trade
Learn how climate change is impacting global trade and investment policy and the efforts to align the trade, investment and climate agendas.
CPD Certification

Emily Lydgate

University of Sussex

Global Developments in Privacy Law and Policy
Examine key concepts for understanding how information privacy law works, learn about the key international approaches to protection personal information in the U.S., the EU and China, and understand the different approach to cross-border flow of personal data and what is being done to enable cross-border flows of personal data.  
CLE Credit or CPD Certification

Paul Schwartz

University of California, Berkeley

China's Digital Governance and Its Global Implications 
Learn about developments in China's digital policies from privacy to security, what these developments mean for data flows and investment, and how countries such as the US are responding. 

CPD Certification

 Samm Sacks

Yale University

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