Technological Innovations and Future Shifts in International Politics

Abstract

How are large technological changes and important shifts in international politics interconnected? It is shown in the article that primary technological innovations, which take place in each Kondratieff cycle, change the balance of power between the leading states and cause shifts in international politics. In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the genesis and initial development of the cluster of new technologies takes place in periods of crisis and depression. Therefore, the authors forecast that the period 2013-2020 will be marked by the advancement of important technological innovations and massive geopolitical shifts in many regions of the world.