Michael E. Smith is emeritus professor of international relations and former head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Michael E. Smith’s ambitious book shows that revolutionary technologies do not come from nowhere, and do not need to overwhelm the nation state. He takes on conventional wisdom to show that states have far more power to govern technologies than they think—and lays out some counter-intuitive ideas about how to prevent catastrophe as we grapple with a new wave of AI-driven innovation.

Michael E. Smith is emeritus professor of international relations and former head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Michael E. Smith’s ambitious book shows that revolutionary technologies do not come from nowhere, and do not need to overwhelm the nation state. He takes on conventional wisdom to show that states have far more power to govern technologies than they think—and lays out some counter-intuitive ideas about how to prevent catastrophe as we grapple with a new wave of AI-driven innovation.

Michael E. Smith is emeritus professor of international relations and former head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Michael E. Smith’s ambitious book shows that revolutionary technologies do not come from nowhere, and do not need to overwhelm the nation state. He takes on conventional wisdom to show that states have far more power to govern technologies than they think—and lays out some counter-intuitive ideas about how to prevent catastrophe as we grapple with a new wave of AI-driven innovation.