This report published by ISPI and the Brookings Institution analyzes the challenges to international order posed by the ongoing race for technological superiority. From artificial intelligence and quantum computing to hypersonic weapons and new forms of cyber and electronic warfare, advances in technology have threatened to make the international security environment more unpredictable and volatile – yet the international community remains unprepared to assess and manage that risk. What is needed is a mature understanding of how technology has emerged as a key enabler of sovereignty in the XXI century, how the ongoing race for technological supremacy is disrupting the balance of power globally, and what the attendant strategic and security implications of those transformations will be. This report is an effort to that end.
Table of Contents
John R. Allen, Giampiero Massolo
1. Emerging Disruptive Technologies and International Stability
Fabio Rugge
2. Disruptive Technologies in Military Affairs
Gabriele Rizzo
3. Why 5G Requires New Approaches to Cybersecurity
Tom Wheeler, David Simpson
4. AI in the Aether: Military Information Conflict
Tom Stefanick
5. Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, and Information Integrity
John Villasenor
6. Norms and Strategies For Stability in Cyberspace
Mariarosaria Taddeo
7. Will Authoritarian Regimes Lead in the Technological Race?
Samuele Dominioni
