Information Technology and World Politics

by Mazarr, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9781403960573
• ISBN10: 1403960577
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This unique collection of essays explores the intricacies of how the Internet has changed the way we currently approach international security, civil society, and economic development. The contributors move past the conventional wisdom, tapping new and original sources to investigate new and unexpected developments. One essay explores how wiring Russia's nuclear scientists into the Internet increases the threat of weapons proliferation. Another looks at Internet-enabled development projects and, despite early success stories in Bangalore, India, explains why they will fail. Together the essays in this collection try to bring a dose of reality to the rose-colored futures many have predicted for world politics in the Information Age.

Author Biography

Michael J. Mazarr is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and president of a nonprofit organization dealing with leadership issues. He has been president & CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Information Technology and World Politics---The Growing Connection	1	(11)
Michael J. Mazarr
Part One: Information Technology and the ``Global Village''
Stateless Nations: ``I Pledge Allegiance To . . .?''	11	(14)
Glenn McCormick
Come Together? Debunking the Myth of the Internet and the Global Village	25	(18)
Emil T. Bailey, Jr.
Subnational Groups and the Internet: An Irritant to Globalization, Not a Threat	43	(12)
Tania Stanley O'Neil
The International Security Implications of Internet Use Via Satellite	55	(16)
Glenn Hickok
Part Two: Information Technology, Freedom, and Civil Society---Case Studies
Fujimori Meets Cabinas Publicas: The Internet, Journalism, and Democracy in Peru	71	(14)
Richard Hughes
Beyond the Internet: Democracy on the Phone?	85	(16)
Alessandra Cabras
China, Democracy, and the Internet	101	(14)
Robert Peters
The Internet and the Evolution of Civil Society in Iran	115	(18)
Michael J. Rabasco
Part Three: The Internet and Economic Development
From Tea Sheds to Cyber Cafes: Could an Internet-Driven Modernization Strategy Succeed in India?	133	(12)
Sudhir Mahara
Brain Drain: An Unintended Consequence of Wiring Brazil?	145	(16)
Ryan McMichael
www.AfricanOpportunity.com	161	(18)
Amanda Olson
About the Authors	179	(4)
Index	183