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Nigel Cory

Crowell Global Advisors Director
Crowell Global Advisors Director
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Overview

Nigel Cory is a director with Crowell Global Advisors focusing on cross-border data flows, data governance, intellectual property, and how they each relate to digital trade and the broader digital economy. Nigel has provided in-person testimony and written submissions and has published reports and op-eds relating to these issues in the United States, the European Union, Australia, China, India, and New Zealand, among other countries and regions, and he has completed research projects for international bodies such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and the World Trade Organization. Nigel is a member of the United Kingdom’s International Data Transfer Expert Council and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Data Free Flow with Trust Expert Community.

He previously covered trade and digital policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Nigel also previously worked as a researcher in the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to that, he worked for eight years in Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which included positions working on G20 global economic and trade issues and the Doha Development Round. Cory also had diplomatic postings in Malaysia, where he worked on bilateral and regional trade, economic, and security issues, and in Afghanistan, where he was the deputy director of a joint U.S.-Australia provincial reconstruction team. Nigel holds a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in international business and commerce from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Career & Education

    • Australia
      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
        • Deputy Director, U.S.-Australian Provincial Reconstruction Team, 2012–2013
        • Foreign Policy Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Foreign Minister’s Office, 2011
        • Executive Officer, G20 Section, International Economy Branch, 2011–2012
        • Third/Second Secretary in Political/Economic Section, Australian Embassy in Malaysia, 2008–2011
        • Foreign Service Diplomatic and Leadership Development Program, 2006–2008
    • Australia
      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
        • Deputy Director, U.S.-Australian Provincial Reconstruction Team, 2012–2013
        • Foreign Policy Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Foreign Minister’s Office, 2011
        • Executive Officer, G20 Section, International Economy Branch, 2011–2012
        • Third/Second Secretary in Political/Economic Section, Australian Embassy in Malaysia, 2008–2011
        • Foreign Service Diplomatic and Leadership Development Program, 2006–2008

    • Associate Director, Trade Policy, The Informational Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2015–2024
    • Researcher, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asian Studies and the Pacific Partners Initiative, 2014–2024
    • Associate Director, Trade Policy, The Informational Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2015–2024
    • Researcher, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asian Studies and the Pacific Partners Initiative, 2014–2024

    • Georgetown University, M.A.
    • Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, B.A.
    • Georgetown University, M.A.
    • Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, B.A.

    • Non-Resident Fellow, National Bureau of Asian Research, 2023–Present
    • Non-Resident Fellow, National Bureau of Asian Research, 2023–Present

Nigel's Insights

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.04.26

Japan’s Sovereign Cloud Commitment at the U.S.-Japan Summit: Defense Interoperability, Not Just Digital Policy

On March 19, 2026, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met at the White House and announced a series of initiatives to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance. Among the defense cooperation announcements, the White House fact sheet noted that “[t]he United States welcomed Japan’s commitment to develop a secure and sovereign cloud platform for government data to enhance bilateral information sharing, planning, and coordination.”[1] While it is a single sentence in a wide-ranging Summit document, the commitment represents a step in the growing architecture of allied sovereign cloud infrastructure. If this is operationalized, it will have important implications for defense, intelligence, and cloud services markets. This announcement follows the October 2025 Trump-Takaichi Summit in Tokyo, where the two governments agreed to launch a bilateral working group to deepen mutual understanding on cloud security technical standards and requirements—explicitly including U.S. experience with secure and sovereign cloud development—and to invite Japanese and American firms to participate.[2]...

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Insights

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.04.26

Japan’s Sovereign Cloud Commitment at the U.S.-Japan Summit: Defense Interoperability, Not Just Digital Policy

Press Coverage | 11.12.25

Exclusive: U.S. Firms Describe 'Climate of Fear' In South Korea As Trump Targets Non-Tariff Barriers

Press Coverage | 11.12.25

U.S. Think Tank Accuses KFTC Of Targeting U.S. Firms, Ignoring Chinese Competitors

Press Coverage | 10.11.25

US Tech Firms Face Growing Scrutiny From South Korean Antitrust Regulator

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Nigel's Insights

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.04.26

Japan’s Sovereign Cloud Commitment at the U.S.-Japan Summit: Defense Interoperability, Not Just Digital Policy

On March 19, 2026, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met at the White House and announced a series of initiatives to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance. Among the defense cooperation announcements, the White House fact sheet noted that “[t]he United States welcomed Japan’s commitment to develop a secure and sovereign cloud platform for government data to enhance bilateral information sharing, planning, and coordination.”[1] While it is a single sentence in a wide-ranging Summit document, the commitment represents a step in the growing architecture of allied sovereign cloud infrastructure. If this is operationalized, it will have important implications for defense, intelligence, and cloud services markets. This announcement follows the October 2025 Trump-Takaichi Summit in Tokyo, where the two governments agreed to launch a bilateral working group to deepen mutual understanding on cloud security technical standards and requirements—explicitly including U.S. experience with secure and sovereign cloud development—and to invite Japanese and American firms to participate.[2]...

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