Economics and Technology: Emerging New Threats

There is an increased awareness about the risks of economic interdependence with authoritarian countries like China, but currently little consensus on what the appropriate response could be. This lecture provides a concrete discussion of how the Economic and Financial sphere can be used as a target for influence, technology transfer, espionage, and sabotage as well as how economic measures may be used defensively to protect key national interests and technological sectors.

The lecturer is Edward Hunter Christie, a researcher, independent consultant, and former Defense and Innovation Policy Official at NATO, who has recently joined PSSI as a Senior Fellow. His recent work and scholarship have focused on defense and security economics, artificial intelligence, and emerging technological threats.

Watch to learn more about the global battle taking place through the economic and technological realms and understand how disruptive technology like AI is poised to change global power dynamics and what democratic states can do to counter these threats.

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The mission of the Prague Security Studies Institute is to help safeguard and strengthen the individual freedoms and democratic institutions of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The Institute also seeks to illuminate select unconventional threats emanating from authoritarian governments that challenge the transatlantic alliance and other partners globally, especially in the economic & financial and space domains. PSSI is dedicated to the education and training of new generations of security-minded students and young professionals, including through its programmatic activities and growing academic network in the Czech Republic and abroad.

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