He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Canadian International Council’s international affairs platform OpenCanada.org and the director of an international research project studying the impact of digital technology on international affairs called the International Relations and Digital Technology Project (IRDTP). Owen’s most recent book, Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age, was published by Oxford University Press in April of 2015. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford and was a research fellow at Yale University and the London School of Economics.