(POL61305) Emerging Technologies and International Security
Emerging Technologies and International Security
Lehrveranstaltung 0000002291 im SS 2020
Basisdaten
| LV-Art | Seminar |
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| Umfang | 3 SWS |
| betreuende Organisation | Lehrstuhl für International Relations (Prof. Büthe) |
| Dozent(inn)en |
Leitung/Koordination: Tim Büthe Mitwirkende: Hedwig Schmid |
| Termine |
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| ergänzende Hinweise | The so-called emerging technologies and disruptive innovations are currently transforming the international peace and security landscape. They are changing the nature of warfare, play both soothing and destructive roles in various areas such as politics or national security, and they are also affecting, challenging, and even changing humans’ perceptions of (in)security. Nanotechnology, smart dust technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT systems, quantum computing, distributed ledger technologies, Augmented and Virtual Realities, biotechnology, additive manufacturing, and more are currently disrupting peace and conflict processes. While many recognize the positive transformations they play in various sectors, there are mounting concerns regarding the threats these technologies pause to international security. Practitioners and scholars are talking more and more about a fourth industrial revolution requiring new policy models and normative solutions. Governance occurs at multiple levels while in some areas there is no attempt at all to regulate although there are obvious needs for new/ innovative solutions which could be normative, technical, or legal. This is a research and reading-intensive course which has been designed to introduce as well as give a comprehensive overview of the underlying theories and concepts that are relevant to the understanding of the nexus between (in)security and emerging technologies. The sessions will also involve activities aiming at bridging theory and practice. Indeed, various issues such as power, balancing, coercion and deterrence, bargaining, signalling and perception, offence-defence balance and more are highly relevant to the understanding of the (in)security/ emerging technologies nexus and their policy implications. |
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| Links |
E-Learning-Kurs (z. B. Moodle) TUMonline-Eintrag |