Modern Technology Revolution For Security

The global dimension of future security threats is of paramount importance. Whilst technological advancements will continue to be the basis of wealth for many nations, terrorism is likely to continue to be the harbinger of a pervasive sense of insecurity amongst populations. Increasingly, energy security will be the driver of many key strategic decisions, creating dynamic and unstable inter-state interactions in the process. With the international system itself experiencing a period of profound flux, some of the institutions that are charged with managing global problems may be overwhelmed. The likelihood of great power conflict escalating into total war is lower than at any time in the past century but weak governments, lagging economies, mass migration, WMD proliferation, religious extremism, and youth bulges, will align to generate the conditions for internal regional conflicts with global impact, backed by the Revolution in Military Affairs.