• Nonresident Fellow

Kevin Klyman

Kevin Klyman is a visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, where he works on artificial intelligence, data protection, and U.S.-China competition. He is also a researcher at Stanford’s Center for Research on Foundation Models, where he studies the societal impact of large language models, and Harvard’s Belfer Center, where he leads the tech portfolio for the Avoiding Great Power War Project. He previously worked on digital development, privacy, and AI risk assessment at the United Nations Foundation’s Digital Impact Alliance, Human Rights Watch, and United Nations Global Pulse.

Klyman is a JD-MA candidate at Harvard Law School and Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, and he holds degrees in applied mathematics (specializing in computer science) and political science (international relations) from UC Berkeley. At Stanford, he is co-president of the John Gardner Fellowship Association as well as the International Policy Students Association.

July 2024

The sovereignty trap

by Konstantinos Komaitis, Esteban Ponce de León, Kenton Thibaut, Trisha Ray, Kevin Klyman

When sovereignty is invoked in digital contexts without an understanding of the broader political environment, several traps can be triggered.
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