1st Edition

Technology, Energy and Warfare in Evolving Geopolitics

Edited By Sandeep Tripathi, Kirill Sablin Copyright 2026
272 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book puts forward a new conceptual framework for emerging geopolitics through the lens of technology, energy, and warfare. Drawing on rich case studies from across the globe, it illuminates how power dynamics are being fundamentally reshaped across nations, governments, international organizations, and individuals. It highlights three interrelated aspects of the evolving geopolitics: the... Read more

1. Introduction

Sandeep Tripathi and Kirill Sablin

 

PART I: Technology and Geopolitics

 

2. Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Governance: Understanding Reshaping of Contours of Human Security

Amna Mirza

 

3. Cyber Espionage and Cyber Interference – A New Way of Intervening in another State’s Affairs

Patrick C. R. Terry

 

4. Israel’s Techno-Nationalism: Technology, Identity, and Geopolitics

Manjari Singh

 

5. Taiwan Strait and the Semiconductor Crisis - Its Geo-Political Implications and a Critic to Complex Interdependency Theory

Shalendra D. Sharma and Soumyodeep Deb

 

6. Assessing Technology as a key Driver in Geopolitics: The Case of India

Achal Malhotra

 

 

PART II: Energy and Geopolitics

 

7. Southeast Asia in the Geopolitics of Green Transition: Great-Power Competition and Challenges

Mohd Faheem

 

8. Developing Nepal as a Hydrogen Hub for Contributing to the Energy Transition and Green Growth in South Asia

Biraj Singh Thapa and Bishnu Pandey

 

9. Managing Growth in a Geopolitical Context: India’s Energy Diplomacy

Himani Kaushik

 

10. The Dynamics of Energy and Maritime Security in the Horn of Africa: Red Sea Transits and Geopolitical Implications

Idris Yeba Buta and Tewodros Woldearegay

 

11. Russia-Ukraine War and the Geopolitics of Energy

Zeeshan Munir

 

 

PART III: Warfare and Geopolitics

 

12. Artificial Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift in Modern Warfare

Sandeep Tripathi, Sanjay Soi and Gusti Aju Devwi

 

13. The Dynamics of New Generation Warfare Methods and Arms Exports in the Contemporary World Order

Chakali Bramhayya

 

14. Understanding the Impact of Emerging Technologies on Wars:  Ramifications for India

Devesh Vatsa

 

15. India’s Quest for Hybrid Warfare: Strategic Implications

Bharti Das and Uday Pratap Singh

 

16. Changing Dimensions of Hybrid Warfare: Emerging Threats to India in the 21st Century

Saddam Hussain

 

Biography

Sandeep Tripathi is the Founding Director of the Forum for Global Studies, New Delhi. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute of History and International Relations, Southern Federal University, Russia. He received his PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has delivered keynote addresses at renowned global institutions, including the University of São Paulo, Brazil, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, Yerevan State University, Armenia, the University of Warsaw, Poland, IDSC, Philippines. He is a regular foreign affairs commentator featured in leading media outlets.

Kirill Sablin is a researcher specializing in political and economic aspects of traditional energy development and discrete structural alternatives of the world economy institutional organization. He received his PhD in Economics from Kemerovo State University , Kemerovo. Currently, he is a Visiting Researcher at the Federal Research Centre of Coal and Coal Chemistry, Kemerovo, Russia. His scientific interests include economic development of countries with emerging markets, Schumpeterian innovations, rent-seeking behavior, political connections in resource-abundant economies, and technological sovereignty of extractive industries. His expertise spans over the construction of models of complex economic processes using the theory of fuzzy sets.