The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies Implications for Geo

Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral a

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R.F. Al-Rodhan THE POLITICS OF EMERGING STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES Implications for Geopolitics, Human Enhancement and Human Destiny Dimitar Bechev CONSTRUCTING SOUTH EAST EUROPE The Politics of Balkan Regional Cooperation Julie M. Newton and William J. Tompson (editors) INSTITUTIONS, IDEAS AND LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIAN POLITICS ˇ ktem, and Philip Robins (editors) Celia Kerslake , Kerem O TURKEY’S ENGAGEMENT WITH MODERNITY Conflict and Change in the Twentieth Century Paradorn Rangsimaporn RUSSIA AS AN ASPIRING GREAT POWER IN EAST ASIA Perceptions and Policies from Yeltsin to Putin Motti Golani THE END OF THE BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE, 1948 The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney Demetra Tzanaki WOMEN AND NATIONALISM IN THE MAKING OF MODERN GREECE The Founding of the Kingdom to the Greco-Turkish War Simone Bunse SMALL STATES AND EU GOVERNANCE Leadership through the Council Presidency Judith Marquand DEVELOPMENT AID IN RUSSIA Lessons from Siberia Li-Chen Sim THE RISE AND FALL OF PRIVATIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN OIL INDUSTRY Stefania Bernini FAMILY LIFE AND INDIVIDUAL WELFARE IN POSTWAR EUROPE Britain and Italy Compared Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla and Helmut Wollman LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Comparing Performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia

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Implications for Geopolitics, Human Enhancement and Human Destiny Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan Senior Member, St Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK, and Senior Scholar in Geostrategy, and Director of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

In Association with St Antony’s College, Oxford

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