The end of military-techno Pax Americana? Washington’s strategic responses to Chinese AI-enabled military technology

@article{Johnson2019TheEO,
  title={The end of military-techno Pax Americana? Washington’s strategic responses to Chinese AI-enabled military technology},
  author={James Johnson},
  journal={The Pacific Review},
  year={2019},
  volume={34},
  pages={351 - 378}
}
  • James Johnson
  • Published 21 October 2019
  • Political Science
  • The Pacific Review
Abstract This article uses the international relations (IR) ‘polarity’ concept as a lens to view the shifting great power dynamics in artificial intelligence (AI) and related enabling technologies. The article describes how and why great power competition is mounting in within several interrelated dual-use technological fields; why these innovations are considered by Washington to be strategically vital, and how (and to what end) the United States is responding to the perceived challenge posed… 
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