New technologies as a factor of international relations / edited by Monika Szkartat and Katarzyna Mojska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Szkartat, Monika, editor.

Mojska, Katarzyna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and international relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the multidimensional influences of technological development on contemporary international relations. The contributions here are drawn from different disciplines, including political science, international relations, sociology, economy, law, biochemistry and bioethics, as well as from different locations, including Poland, the US, Brazil and Israel. This variety allows the complexity of the issues, challenges and implications of technological changes on the structure, functioning and substantive scope of international relations to be fully presented and explored. This collection represents essential reading for anyone with an interest in the dynamic interplay between modern technologies and the transformation of the contemporary international system, and especially for international relations scholars and students.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Pictures and Maps

Introduction

Part I New Technologies, New Reality, New Paradigms of International Relations?

Technological Turn and the New Framework of International Relations

New Technologies as a Factor of the "Spatial Turn" in International Relations

Technology and a New International Distribution of Power

Anarchy Is What Technology Makes Of It

Part II New Technologies as a Factor of Diplomacy

New Technologies in Diplomacy

Foreign Ministries in the Perspective of Information Revolution

New Public Diplomacy as a Consequence of the Information Age

E-voting

Part III New Technologies as a Factor of International Security and Law

Scientific Uncertainty in the Political Process of the Problem of Climate Change

Academic Research in the U.S. Protection and Technology Transfer

Political and Military Consequences of the Revolution in Military Affairs

Impenetrable Permeable Borders

Cyberspace

Developments in the Global Legal Acknowledgment of Cybercrimes and Cyberterrorism

Part IV New Technologies and the Social Dimension of International Relations

Technological Change and Human Rights

The Consumers' Right to Information

On Anti-Acta

Part V Energy Technologies and Infrastructure as a Factor of International Relations

Revolution in Renewable Energy Technologies and International Relations

The European Union as a Leader in New Technologies for Energy Security and Climate Change

Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure and its Significance for the International Relations in Eastern Europe

Prospects of Nuclear Energy in the Context of Poland's Energy Security

Notes on Editors and Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4438-1379-6

OCLC:

974916206