AI GOVERNANCE · OSINT · TECHNOLOGY POLICY · EAST ASIA
AI governance is decided in the details.
Cassowary Research examines the small details defining policy success that decision-makers rarely have time to investigate – so the risks are visible before they become failures.
REGIONALLY-based research on East ASIAN technology competition and Global AI POLICY.
RESEARCH LENS
Where rules
meet reality
01Rules in use
How procurement terms, evaluation thresholds, and institutional authority shape deployed AI.
02Upstream incentives
How capital, compute, export controls, and supply-chain dependencies change firm behavior.
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03Taiwan in the system
How Taiwanese firms and institutions alter the outcome of US–China technology policy.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
What the details reveal
01Why financial systems – not only chips and models—shape the US–China AI competition.
EAST ASIA FORUM · 2026 ↗02How scarce compute changes the logic of technological competition.
THE DIPLOMAT · 2024 ↗04Why dialogue and crisis-management details matter for emerging technology.
RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT · 2024 ↗Commissioned research
Start with the decision the research must inform.
Every engagement begins by defining the decision, audience, and evidence required. Success means the work clarifies the tradeoff, survives stakeholder scrutiny, and changes what happens next.