ABSTRACT
Identifying technological trends and one by one exploring their likely impact in specific policy areas—seemingly the most obvious path for anticipating the effects of technology on East-West relations—could at best be only partially successful. New dependencies and interactions dictated by the new situation are likely to be created in ways that will affect East-West relations and global politics generally, in the long run. One aspect of population change, made possible by technology, is often ignored even though it is likely to directly affect East-West relations. Most careful reviews of East-West international cooperation indicate it can be valuable for the technical purposes in mind, and can serve broader modest political objectives. In considering the impact of technological change on international politics in general and East-West relations in particular, it is easy to neglect the likely changes in policy processes and institutions, both domestic and international.
