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 Economic Competition
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DESCRIPTION:Lunch to be provided for registered attendees. Registration clo
 ses Saturday\, October 12.\n\nAbout the Event: When scholars and policymak
 ers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great 
 powers\, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation—the 
 eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In Technology a
 nd the Rise of Great Powers\, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation 
 of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Ra
 ther than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations\, he 
 investigates why some states were more successful than others at adapting 
 and embracing new technologies at scale. Drawing on historical case studie
 s of past industrial revolutions as well as statistical analysis\, Ding de
 velops a theory that emphasizes institutional adaptations oriented around 
 diffusing technological advances throughout the entire economy.\n\nExamini
 ng Britain’s rise to preeminence in the First Industrial Revolution\, Am
 erica and Germany’s overtaking of Britain in the Second Industrial Revol
 ution\, and Japan’s challenge to America’s technological dominance in 
 the Third Industrial Revolution (also known as the “information revoluti
 on”)\, Ding illuminates the pathway by which these technological revolut
 ions influenced the global distribution of power and explores the generali
 zability of his theory beyond the given set of great powers. His findings 
 bear directly on current concerns about how emerging technologies such as 
 AI could influence the US-China power balance.\n\nAbout the Speaker: Jeffr
 ey Ding is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washingto
 n University. He primarily researches U.S.-China competition and cooperati
 on in emerging technologies. His book\, Technology and the Rise of Great P
 owers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition\, was published in 2024 w
 ith Princeton University Press. Previously\, Jeff was a postdoctoral fello
 w at the Center for International Security and Cooperation.
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LOCATION:Encina Hall\, William J. Perry Conference Room
SUMMARY:Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Econo
 mic Competition
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 great-powers-how-diffusion-shapes-economic-competition
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