The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU

The article explores the concept of global technological risks and attempts to define their political dimension. The author analyses the «Global Risks Reports» of the World Economic Forum published over the last 16 years, identifies four groups of risks repeatedly highlighted by experts. Based on th...

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Main Author: Sorokova, E.D.
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Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2022-08-01
Series:Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
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Online Access:http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/4-2022/Sorokova42022.pdf
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description The article explores the concept of global technological risks and attempts to define their political dimension. The author analyses the «Global Risks Reports» of the World Economic Forum published over the last 16 years, identifies four groups of risks repeatedly highlighted by experts. Based on the results of this research, the author compares the policy response strategies of Russia and the EU to two most recent risks, namely «Adverse outcomes of technological advances» and «Digital power concentration». The results show that Russia and the EU generally resort to similar measures in their policy response strategies. Increasing competition between the technical and economic models of the United States and China and the rise of digital corporations prompt Russia and the EU to strengthen their digital sovereignty. Most notably, both actors develop stricter legislative regulation to contain the activities of «IT giants», as well as foster their own competitiveness, technology development, infrastructural stability and personal data protection rules. Additionally, both Russia and the EU are gradually building a policy response system to prevent unacceptable humanitarian consequences of digital transformation. They combine the development of regulatory frameworks and conceptual approaches with «soft law», such as ethical requirements.
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spelling doaj.art-d234ee78dc3d4317801a077890bc13b92022-12-22T04:22:12ZrusInstitute of Europe Russian Academy of SciencesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН2618-79142022-08-01284182910.15211/vestnikieran420221829The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EUSorokova, E.D.0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-7767MGIMO UniversityThe article explores the concept of global technological risks and attempts to define their political dimension. The author analyses the «Global Risks Reports» of the World Economic Forum published over the last 16 years, identifies four groups of risks repeatedly highlighted by experts. Based on the results of this research, the author compares the policy response strategies of Russia and the EU to two most recent risks, namely «Adverse outcomes of technological advances» and «Digital power concentration». The results show that Russia and the EU generally resort to similar measures in their policy response strategies. Increasing competition between the technical and economic models of the United States and China and the rise of digital corporations prompt Russia and the EU to strengthen their digital sovereignty. Most notably, both actors develop stricter legislative regulation to contain the activities of «IT giants», as well as foster their own competitiveness, technology development, infrastructural stability and personal data protection rules. Additionally, both Russia and the EU are gradually building a policy response system to prevent unacceptable humanitarian consequences of digital transformation. They combine the development of regulatory frameworks and conceptual approaches with «soft law», such as ethical requirements.http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/4-2022/Sorokova42022.pdfglobal technological risksrussiaeuropean unionpolicy responserisk managementartificial intelligence
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The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
global technological risks
russia
european union
policy response
risk management
artificial intelligence
title The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
title_full The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
title_fullStr The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
title_full_unstemmed The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
title_short The Strategies of Policy Response to Global Technological Risks: the Cases of Russia and the EU
title_sort strategies of policy response to global technological risks the cases of russia and the eu
topic global technological risks
russia
european union
policy response
risk management
artificial intelligence
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