Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 03/2011

The NBRIC Revolution and International Relations?

Dr Graeme P. Herd, Mr Dale A. Till

December 2010

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Abstract

The rapid advancement and application of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Robotics, and Information and Communications technology (NBRICs) raise many questions regarding human evolution, regime sustainability, the context of contemporary and future conflict and cooperation, as well as the nature of power and its distribution in the international system.