ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses the emergence of information and communication technologies (ICT) revolution and its increasing relevance in the globalised world. It explores the role of ICT in bolstering the state’s capabilities and simultaneously making them vulnerable. The chapter examines the impact of ICT revolution on the changing nature of warfare and assess its influence on the military strategies of major powers. It discusses the challenges faced by the nation states in protecting their critical infrastructure and key resources. Most of the academic and policy related literature on the likely nature of warfare starts out by underlining the dawn of the “Information Age” and centrality of information and communication technologies in nearly all spheres of society from government to business and even individual level. The research has been conducted by using a number of relevant theories of International Relations to assess and analyse how technological breakthroughs, especially in the field of ICT, impact the battlefield and consequently the nature of warfare.
