The geopolitics of emerging technologies: AI, innovation and cybersecurity in an age of digital competition
What is the current state of the US-China technological competition, and what role can the EU play? How do emerging technologies impact international relations? This seminar will gather experts and policymakers to examine the geopolitical challenges of emerging technologies.
Attendance by invitation
CIDOB. Elisabets 12, 08001 Barcelona
CIDOB with the support of the U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona
The current geopolitical competition between the US and China has a significant technological dimension. Emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, are central to national security strategies, economic competition, and policy measures like semiconductor export controls or restrictions on social media platforms. These technologies are double-edged swords: they are essential for innovation but can also drive authoritarianism. They impact international security and relations in a world of interconnected digital economies and cybersecurity challenges. Balancing economic growth and national security, innovation and democracy, and competition and global governance of emerging technologies are critical challenges for the transatlantic relationship between the US and the EU.
*The seminar will be a closed roundtable conducted under the Chatham House Rule.