2019/08/22 by Jacquelyn Schneider · 5 citations
Social Sciences · #Centralisation #Computer science #Computer security #Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies #Development economics #Dominance (genetics) #Economics #European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies #Exploit #Incentive #Information revolution #Law #Leverage (statistics) #Market economy #Political economy #Political science #Sociology #Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence #Vulnerability (computing)
paper · doi:10.1080/01402390.2019.1627209
openalex publication_date 2019/08/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
The Information Revolution, or the rise in computing power, allowed states to leverage digital capabilities to exert conventional military dominance. But does it also create vulnerabilities that lead to war? In this piece, I examine the relationship between military revolutions and conflict initiation and identify a capability/vulnerability paradox that suggests the degree of capability dependence created by a military revolution combined with the ability of adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities creates potential pockets of dangerous instability. These indicators suggest that greater centralisation and data dependencies could move the Information Revolution towards incentives for instability.