michael depp

Former junior fellow & program coordinator

 
 

Michael Depp

Michael Depp was Junior Fellow and Program Coordinator at the Cyberspace Cooperation Initiative from 2020 to 2022. In this role, Depp helped to implement the activities of the ORF America Cyberspace Cooperation Initiative and contributes research on technology policy, particularly related to cyberspace.

Before joining ORF America, Depp was part of the EastWest Institute’s Global Cooperation in Cyberspace program. During his time there, he worked on projects promoting U.S.-China-India trilateral cyberspace cooperation, supported the norms work of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and provided research for the program's supply chain and technology nationalism report.

Depp received his B.A. from Bard College and his M.A. in International Relations from New York University.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Mundane But Meaningful: Understanding The Consequential Ways Digital Technology Is changing Basic Wartime Tasks
Mundane But Meaningful: Understanding The Consequential Ways Digital Technology Is changing Basic Wartime Tasks

By Mchael Depp

The digitalization of national intelligence systems has made it possible for NATO to more effectively support Ukraine’s efforts with intelligence sharing.

In Cybserspace, Actions—Not Words—Define Norms
In Cybserspace, Actions—Not Words—Define Norms

Background Paper No. 10

By Michael Depp

Indo-Pacific 5G survey: Connections and conflict
Indo-Pacific 5G survey: Connections and conflict

Originally published in Observer Research Foundation.

By Nikhila Natarajan, Trisha Ray and Michael Depp.

ORF America experts comment on U.N. cyber working group draft report
ORF America experts comment on U.N. cyber working group draft report

Originally published in the U.N. Open-ended Working Group on ICTs “zero draft” report, March 2021.

By Abagail Lawson, Anneleen Roggeman, Michael Depp, and Bruce McConnell

Rethinking the Artificial Intelligence Race
Rethinking the Artificial Intelligence Race

Background Paper No. 2

By Michael Depp

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