Power politics in the age of AI
The global political landscape is shifting toward a transactional model where power is exercised through economic coercion and technological dominance rather than diplomacy. This trend, visible in regions like Venezuela and Cuba, prioritizes strategic utility over ethical considerations and humanitarian impact.
Why it matters
Provides a critical perspective on the erosion of international norms and the rise of 'hard-edged' realism in 21st-century statecraft.
The global order is entering a harder-edged phase of realism, in which power increasingly rests on the ability to compel rather than the authority to persuade. Across regions, calculations of immediate advantage are steadily displacing commitments to principles and institutions, and concern for the human consequences of power.
The analysis emphasizes ethical concerns and the negative humanitarian consequences of current geopolitical trends.
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