The Future of the Global Order: Power, Technology, and Governance
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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, in conversation with Philadelphia Inquirer's Trudy Rubin at Perry World House, April 2022
From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea to the global economic and political effects of new technologies, the post-Cold War global order may be at a tipping point.
Broader systemic trends, such as globalization and climate change, mean that the challenges of today and tomorrow will be global - and require global responses.
The role of automated trading algorithms in the 2010 “Flash Crash” in the United States, combined with the specter of drone warfare around the world and the proliferation of military robotics, highlight how the intersection of technologies presents enormous challenges and opportunities for global norms.
Fundamentally, The Future of the Global Order research theme examines implications of changing global power dynamics, impacts of new technologies, and contributions of governance institutions for the future of international cooperation. It seeks to understand the drivers of change and the varied implications of those changes. Additionally, it offers new ideas for the preservation and evolution of the international order.
Standing faculty members from Penn provide guidance and direction for each Global Innovation Program research theme. The Future of the Global Order research theme is led by Michael C. Horowitz, Director of Perry World House (currently on service leave).
Workshop: The Global Order after Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | April 14, 2022
Seven weeks into the Russian Federation's recent invasion of Ukraine, Perry World House hosted a one-day workshop with policymakers, academics, and current and former government officials on how the invasion has affected a range of key areas - NATO and the European Union, the Indo-Pacific, global economics, and Ukrainian and Russian politics and economics.
Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities at the Dawn of the New Space Age | March 21, 2022
As space technology evolves due to increased private and public sector investments and the pace of innovation accelerates, novel challenges and opportunities have emerged that need to be met with appropriate national goals. Perry World House convened this workshop to look at the issues surrounding the New Space Age.
Global Order Colloquium: How to See the Future: Forecasting and Global Policy | September 27-28, 2021
This event tackled one big question from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives: How can we better see the future? More specifically, what forecasting methods are most promising but neglected, how can these methods be implemented, how can forecasts be better communicated, and how can they be made most useful to policymakers? The colloquium built on work Perry World House is undertaking on forecasting and international politics.
2021 Global Order Colloquium Report and Thought Pieces: How to See the Future: Forecasting and Global Policy
The 2021 colloquium tackled one big question: How can we better see the future? The colloquium built on work Perry World House is undertaking on forecasting and international politics. Click here to read the report.
The New Space Age: Beyond Global Order
The world is entering a "New Space Age," one that will bring many challenges and opportunities— but academia and policymakers alike are struggling to keep up. A new report and thought pieces from Perry World House look at innovative policy solutions in four key areas—public-private cooperation, military and competition, economic opportunities, and international law and global governance. Click here to read the report and thought pieces from this workshop.
Emerging Technologies and Global Politics Project
The Emerging Technologies and Global Politics Project is researching how a new generation of technologies is shaping global affairs, from how economies and societies function to the way that militaries will operate. This interdisciplinary, multi-method effort is led by Director and Richard Perry Professor Michael C. Horowitz and is composed of research teams studying the intersection of emerging technologies and global politics across a variety of different research areas.
