Revolutionary Adaptations‪.‬

Abstract: The evolution of science and technology underlies a trend toward increasing complexity and uncertainty in international relations. Technological advances alone cannot effect change in the international order; they are directed by human motivation and pursuit of economic gain, military prowess, and power. Nonetheless, today's technologies, particularly information technology, have greatly accelerated this change. For example, many have argued that information technology is supplanting nation-states as actors on the international stage with new entities such as non-governmental organizations. The meteoric rate of this change can marginalize institutions and render substantial national investments worthless.