1st Edition
Digital International Relations Technology, Agency and Order
Introducing Digital International Relations: Technology, Agency and Order
Markus Kornprobst & Corneliu Bjola
Part I: Revisiting Core Concepts
1. The Distribution of Power, Security, and Interconnectedness: The Structure of Digital International Relations
Richard Harknett
2. The State in the Digital Era: Supreme or in Decline?
Lucas Kello
3. Rise of the Nerd: Knowledge, Power and International Relations in a Digital World
Giampiero Giacomello & Johan Eriksson
Part II: Agential Processes
4. Can you Trust in Zoom? Bonds and Trust in Digital Spaces
Marcus Holmes & Nicholas J. Wheeler
5. Metrodiplomacy: The Rise of Digital Urban Networks
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
6. Sticking to the State? Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Digital Era
Nina Hall
Part III: Ordering Processes
7. Algorithmic Security and Conflict in a Datafied World
Claudia Aradau
8. The International Political Economy of the Digital (Revolution)
Miguel Otero-Iglesias
9. The Social Media Revolution, the Potential for Radical Democratization and Shifts in the Climate Change Discourse
Alena Drieschova
10. Digital Diplomacy, Governance and International Law
Victoria Baines
Conclusion
Corneliu Bjola & Markus Kornprobst
Biography
Corneliu Bjola is Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford, UK.
Markus Kornprobst is a Professor of International Relations at the Vienna School of International Studies, Austria.
'This book breaks new ground at the crossroads of International Relations Theory and Technology. Comprehensive, theoretically original, and conceptually sophisticated, yet highly accessible, the book thoroughly describes and explains the digital revolution’s broad and profound disruptive impact on international politics, human and algorithmic agency, and world order. Equally important, it will inspire new ways to theorize and research the rapidly and genuinely reconceptualized discipline of Digital International Relations.'
Emanuel Adler, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Bronfman Chair Emeritus of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
'This edited volume furthers the debate on digitalization and digital technologies in international relations, exploring a range of themes and issues that shape how world politics is conducted in years to come. The book brings together key scholars and insightful conversations, making a much-needed move to begin addressing what ‘the digital’ means for theories and practices of international relations.'
Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
