Getting the Insight Out
This September at China’s military parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic musing about living forever. Walking alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Russian leader said, “The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality.” In response, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said, “Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old.”
In international relations, a security dilemma refers to a situation where a state’s increase in its capabilities – in technology or defence – is perceived as a threat by a rival, which spurs their own capabilities development, resulting in an arms race. Historically, this phenomenon has depended on government-funded research in both the public and private spheres, thereby facilitating the development of proven capabilities, such as a new form of weapon. Once proven, procurement and increased capabilities occur. Today, as countries race to develop their AI capabilities, venture capital speculation in defence technology is creating a security dilemma before capabilities actually exist, driven by market logic rather than strategic necessity. This article does not suggest that speculation replaces traditional security dilemmas, but rather that it introduces novel mechanisms —market signals and venture capital speculation —through which the same logic of reciprocal insecurity operates.
Technological advances in military technology such as drones, and new tactics like disinformation campaigns, have changed how states anticipate and respond to threats. These advances were built using the capabilities More
Embedded in the Earth of the Southern Congo sits an estimated 3.4 million metric tons of cobalt, nearly half of the world’s known supply. This mineral–essential for electric cars, computer More
After the Soviet collapse in 1991, political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously argued in The End of History that liberal democracy’s triumph marked the conclusion of ideological struggles between great powers. This led some to believe that traditional geopolitical competition had faded.
As governments grapple with climate change’s pressing reality, political dynamics are being fundamentally redefined. It is essential to analyze how this environmental and human crisis impacts international politics.
The world’s wealthiest person, Elon Musk, has seen his influence increasing in the political arena. On October 25th, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Musk–CEO of Tesla, Starlink and More
On October 31st, dozens were killed after an Israeli airstrike on the Jabaliya refugee camp destroyed a residential block. According to an international spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), More