첨단 과학 기술의 국제정치

Abstract

Why do states cooperate on emerging and critical technologies? The existing studies tend to focus on technological competition between great powers, such as the United States and China, drawing on securitization or perspectives of realism. This research, however, sheds light on why states cooperate on such high-tech areas and argues that states seek technological innovation in order to ensure the national security and industrial competitiveness, and such innovation is more likely to be promoted through the international division of labor that accompanies specialization and standardization across cooperating states. International high-tech cooperation also often involves mechanisms that are conducive to thwarting the technological development of adversaries. The plausibility case study examines incipient US-ROK cooperation initiatives in high-tech areas, such as next generation networks and artificial intelligence technologies. This research makes the theoretical contribution to the field, simultaneously urging policymakers to ponder why they have to cooperate and what to aim in their high-tech cooperation strategy.