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Technology
Information flows, cross-border mobilization, cyber capability and surveillance — and the balance between privacy, security and development.
Technology reshapes power and participation — through information flows, mobilization across borders, cyber capability and surveillance. The recurring political question is the balance between privacy, security and development.
Where to look
- US–China confrontations over cyber operations.
- Drone strikes and the debate about what counts as legitimate force.
- ICT in anti-coup mobilization — Honduras, 2009.
- US "Big Tech" — privacy against security.
- Green tech in India — state, IGO and private collaboration.
Concepts this challenge pulls on
Cyberpower, and sovereignty under pressure: data does not respect borders, and platforms are non-state actors with state-scale reach.
Connections worth making
Identity — platforms shape identity politics at speed. Equality — who has access, and who is measured. Security — the clearest overlap, and the easiest interconnection to argue in Q3.
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