RESEARCH REPORT - THE STRATEGIC AND SYMBOLIC VALUE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

An assessment of the strategic value for key digital technologies: The report uses the framework above to assess the strategic value of six digital technological fields and the organizational and social configurations required for and directly shaped by their deployment. [...] A comparative analysis of multilateral and national approaches to strategic digital technologies: To unpack the economic and societal factors that shape how states view the strategic qualities of technology, the report conducts a comprehensive review of how states engage on technology, both at the level of national strategies and as part of multilateral consultations, specifically in the framework. [...] 3.1 Strategic digital technologies at the GDC Proposed by the UN Secretary-General as a contribution to the UN Summit of the Future planned for September 2024, the GDC is a central element of the efforts to reform the UN’s multilateral system. [...] In a positive expression of the same sentiment, the Department of Science and Technology within the Iranian President's Office framed renewed economic restrictions following the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 2018 as an opportunity for Iranian businesses to take advantage of the lack of foreign competitors and “clone and localize the international 25 platforms and servic. [...] [134] European Parliament and of the Council, “Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 of the of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries,” Official Journal of the European Union.