Technology, International Relations and World Order

The politics of technology sits at the heart of contemporary International Relations. Great Power competition and ‘chip wars’, the problems and prospects of geoengineering technologies, or the future of democratic governance and Internet sovereignty – techno-politics are central to every facet of our world order.

This book series will feature International Relations scholarship focused on the politics of technology and technology as politics. The empirical remit of the series is broad, extending from digital technologies to solar geoengineering to transportation infrastructures. It will examine the ordering work technoscience performs and how technology shapes and is shaped by different forms of world order, those arrangements of power and authority that provide a framework for politics across the globe.

The series publishes cutting-edge scholarship, from both established and emerging scholars. It places an emphasis on research quality and rigour, whilst appreciating different theoretical approaches and empirical focuses, both contemporary and historical. Among other questions this series will ask: What role did technoscientific culture, international norms, epistemic authority, geopolitical competition, and/or global capitalism play in shaping a technology in specific ways? What world views or social imaginaries are materialized in and expressed through a given technology? How do the institutions of world order shape technological innovation and development? In what ways is a global machine civilization reordering international relations?

If you would like to discuss your ideas or submit a book proposal, please contact the Series Editor, Daniel R. McCarthy ([email protected]), or the Commissioning Editor for Global Politics & International Relations at Routledge, Lydia de Cruz ([email protected]).