Technology and Strategic Surprise: Adapting to an Era of Open Innovation

Technological revolutions affecting state power are either open or closed. The precursor to the digital age is not the twentieth century, with state-controlled programs yielding nuclear weapons, but the late nineteenth century, when tinkerers invented the radio, airplane, and high explosives-all cru...

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Published inParameters (Carlisle, Pa.) Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 71 - 84
Main Author Cronin, Audrey Kurth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlisle Barracks U.S. Army War College 22.09.2020
Subjects
19th century
20th century
Aircraft
Artificial intelligence
Book publishing
Firearms
Globalization
History
Industrial development
Innovations
Military policy
Military technology
Nuclear weapons
Power
Radio
Revolutions
Scientific technological revolution
Smartphones
Software industry
State power
Unmanned aerial vehicles
War
New York
United Kingdom
United States
China
Germany
United States > US
Europe
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Summary:Technological revolutions affecting state power are either open or closed. The precursor to the digital age is not the twentieth century, with state-controlled programs yielding nuclear weapons, but the late nineteenth century, when tinkerers invented the radio, airplane, and high explosives-all crucial to subsequent wars. To avoid strategic surprise, the US government must take a broader view of how today's open innovation is changing society, and adapt.
ISSN:0031-1723
0031-1723
2158-2106
DOI:10.55540/0031-1723.2675