ABSTRACT
Understanding the impact of advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) for national security in general and the States in particular remains a complex issue, both in terms of policy and substantive issues. An attempt has been made to use international relations theory in analysing Information Revolution for better understanding its impact on the likely nature of warfare and security of nation states. Soft power and the ICTs that facilitate it are not merely tools of “cooperation, democratization and peace,” but may also be the means of “deception, propaganda and terror.” Technological breakthroughs in the International System and their impact on warfare have been tested from various theoretical dimensions. Liberals see the world as having several types of actors in the international system and emphasize the significance of international institutions in laying down the guidelines for state actors. The twenty-first century stands witness to faster communication, growing international networks and emergence of new actors in the international domain.
