This course would focus on technology, particularly military technology and dual use technology, as a variable in international relations.  It will consider questions such as how does technology drive security competition and how does it create or obstruct opportunities for cooperation. The course will identify attributes of technology that impact the coercive application of military power in world politics, from damage imposition to coercive leverage in bargaining. The analytic approach will be grounded in case studies of several major technology categories, most likely (1) nuclear technology, notably atomic weapons and power plants; (2) rockets, including precision strike capabilities, hypersonics, ballistic missiles, and space launch vehicles; (3) space systems, primarily satellites and other orbital platforms such as spacecraft and anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons; (4) chemical and biological and (5) artificial intelligence.