CR 552 Technology and Global Affairs: A Peace and Conflict Studies Perspective

Hi-tech organizations, their instruments, their power, and mode of operation, in both the public and private sector, will be analyzed from the vantage point of how they contribute globally to peace and security and/or to polarizations and conflict. Topics include: technology and globalization; digital economies; hi-tech organizations; post-truth in social media; challenges to democracy; the surveillance state; the surveillance corporation; national security and citizen rights; cyber wars; cyber peace.