Raja Mandala: Catching up on information statecraft

Delhi needs to build significant capabilities to counter cyber threats at home and abroad.

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: December 25, 2017 11:59 pm

Delhi needs to turn its attention in 2018 to creating significant domestic capabilities for information operations against threats at home and abroad.

Among the critical features of 2017 has been the rapid commercial diffusion of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the fear that these technologies might pose an unprecedented threat to the future of humanity as a species. Scientists and entrepreneurs such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, have demanded that the United Nations ban killer robots.