Abstract

Emerging technologies, characterized by four key attributes—foundational, architectural, procedural, and pervasive—have increasingly become a source of structural power that reshapes global security governance. Rather than operating through external shocks, this structural power manifests itself through the embedding of emerging technologies in governance instruments, objects, and environments. This process progressively transforms how governance systems operate, making technology an integral part of their institutional structures. As the structural influence of emerging technologies accumulates, it gives rise to systemic transformations in three interrelated dimensions: governance logic, governance authority, and governance order. These transformations are driving a shift in global security governance from a single-domain system centered on state sovereignty and territorial boundaries toward a cross-domain, multilayered governance architecture characterized by overlapping and interconnected institutional arrangements.

Keywords: Emerging Technologies; Structural Power; Global Security Governance