{"582036":{"#nid":"582036","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Science, Technology, and the Future of Warfare","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMargaret Kosal, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,\u0026nbsp;wrote \u0026quot;Science, Technology, and the Future of Warfare\u0026quot; for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EModern War Institute \u003C\/strong\u003Eblog.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022story-body-text story-content\u0022 data-para-count=\u0022498\u0022 data-total-count=\u00223698\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe know that emerging innovations within cutting-edge science and technology (S\u0026amp;T) areas\u0026nbsp;carry the potential to revolutionize governmental structures, economies, and life as we know it. Yet, others have argued that such technologies\u0026nbsp;could yield doomsday scenarios and that military applications of such technologies have even greater potential than nuclear weapons to radically change the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.zyvex.com\/nanotech\/nano4\/jeremiahPaper.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebalance of power\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. These S\u0026amp;T areas include robotics and autonomous unmanned system; artificial intelligence; biotechnology, including synthetic and systems biology; the cognitive neurosciences; nanotechnology, including stealth meta-materials; additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing); and the intersection of each with information and computing technologies, i.e., cyber-everything. These concepts and the underlying strategic importance were articulated at the multi-national level in NATO\u0026rsquo;s May 2010\u0026nbsp;New Strategic Concept paper: \u0026ldquo;Less predictable is the possibility that research breakthroughs\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/official_texts_68580.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewill transform the technological battlefield\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026hellip;. The most destructive periods of history tend to be those when the means of aggression have gained the upper hand in the art of waging war.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/science-technology-future-warfare\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-10-03 17:53:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-03 17:56:01","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"College of Interactive Computing","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/science-technology-future-warfare\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"330681":{"id":"330681","type":"image","title":"Margaret Kosal","body":null,"created":"1449245090","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:50","changed":"1475894557","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:37","alt":"Margaret Kosal","file":{"fid":"200348","name":"margaret_e._kosal_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":208691,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0_0.jpg?itok=OGGhxkqx"}}},"media_ids":["330681"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}