Open AccessStrategies and Policies for New Technologies: The United Nations, The United States and the European Union
Author(s) -
Alina Alexandru
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista academiei forţelor terestre
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-840X
pISSN - 1582-6384
DOI - 10.2478/raft-2021-0045
Subject(s) - emerging technologies , european union , notice , international trade , political science , competition (biology) , emerging markets , business , law , computer science , ecology , finance , artificial intelligence , biology
New technologies have marked the beginning of the Forth Industrial Revolution era. While the advantages of new technologies for our day-to-day life are undeniable, we cannot fail to notice that emerging and disruptive technologies also imply challenges and risks for individuals, societies and countries. Moreover, in the absence of regulations and norms internationally accepted and assumed, risks associated to the misuse of new technologies tend to increase, transforming the domain into a competition arena. States and international organizations perceive the pressure to address emerging technologies. The United Nations, the United States and the European Union have defined their own strategies and policies on the new technologies with the aim at capitalizing the benefits and minimizing the risks. While different in their view, UN’s, US’ and EU’ strategies and policies offer landmarks to consider in addressing new technologies.