Programme

The course will first focus on some introductory elements necessary to understand which aspects of digital technology are relevant from an international point of view. The historical reconstruction will start from the 70s and 80s of the last century to explain which dynamics contributed to the emergence of the Internet and digital technology as a leading technology in bipolar competition. With the 90s will then be briefly analyzed the characteristics of the last phase of globalization made possible by information and communication technology, thanks to whose availability has been possible a sort of fragmentation and 'privatization' of power increasingly handed to private companies. Finally, examining the new millennium, the course will try to give an account of the risks and of the international dynamics linked to security problems.

Core Documentation

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Type of delivery of the course

In addition to lectures, the course includes a series of activities such as watching movies and the presentation of policy papers in class by the students who thereby can better appreciate the political dimension of the problems examined during the lectures in class

Type of evaluation

For students who attend the course, the final grade will depend also on a group work assigned during the classes