Power and Technological Innovation

Even before the dawn of the industrial age, technology was already a game-changer for states and empires seeking to gain edge over their competitors in military terms. With the fourth industrial revolution, the astonishing speed of development in fields such as artificial intelligence, data science, and semiconductors create economic advantage not only for firms, but for sovereign entities as well. Such advantage, in turn, may be converted into power capabilities in both offensive and defensive terms. The panel brings together papers that address the timely topic of technological innovation and its consequences beyond the market as the global order has been subject to meaningful contestation.