The Eclipse of Western Military-Technological Superiority

Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Book Title: Strategic Trends 2019: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Pages: 27-44
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Place: Zurich

In this Strategic Trends chapter, Michael Haas examines the advantage Western nations have enjoyed in military technology since the 1970s. He argues that this state of affairs is rapidly changing, as competitors embrace new technologies and duplicate or offset Western strengths – a problem to which there are no easy solutions. In his view, Western policymakers should act on several fronts to slow the process, while also adapting to a world in which they no longer enjoy substantial military-technological superiority.

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